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Speed Bench Press 237.5 lbs x 3 x 10 sets - 315 lbs x 3 reps
Posted by: BRETZERR

Video duration: 169 seconds

Today was my dynamic speed bench press day. I used 237.5 lbs x 10 sets of 3 speed reps each. There is a rest of 1 minute between each set and I finished the workout off by doing 315 lbs x 3.
Speed reps have really helped me increase my speed out of the bottom of the bench press. Give it a try...

Related: 237.5, bench, chest, lbs, pecs, power, powerlifting, press, raw, speed, strength, strong, triceps, tris

$Bench Press Lock-outs (9\") 500 lbs x 2 (7\") 365 x 3 dropset$

Bench Press Lock-outs (9") 500 lbs x 2 (7") 365 x 3 dropset
Posted by: BRETZERR

Video duration: 377 seconds

I finished off todays workout with a killer drop set:
Bench Press Lock-outs (9"): 500 lbs x 2
Bench Press Lock-outs (7"): 365 lbs x 3
Bench Press Lock-outs (5"): 315 lbs x 1
Bench Press Burnout: 225 lbs x 9

Related: 225, 315, 365, 500, bench, chest, drop, lbs, lock-outs, pecs, powerlifting, press, raw, reps, set, strong, training

500 lb Roman Deadlift - RAW (at 205 lbs)
Posted by: BRETZERR

Video duration: 85 seconds

I haven't done deadlifts in a few years, so I wanted to see if I could deadlift 500 lbs. For fun, I did:
135 lbs x 10 reps
225 lbs x 10 reps
315 lbs x 10 reps
405 lbs x 1 rep
500 lbs x 1 rep
That's it for the deads...I'll have to get into this lift more after I hit my 400 lb bench goal.

Related: 500, back, deadlifts, lbs, legs, lifting, olympic, power, powerlifting, raw, roman, strong, test, training

	335 lbs x 5 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 66 seconds Just repping out with 335 lbs today...a new personal best with this weight (prior record was 4 reps). Related: 335, bench, chest, for, lbs, lifting, muscle, olympic, pecs, powerlifting, press, raw, reps, strong, triceps, tris

$Bench Press Lock-Outs 7\" Start Position 410 lbs x 1 rep (at 205 lbs)$	Bench Press Lock-Outs 7" Start Position 410 lbs x 1 rep (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 113 seconds I am going to try doing lockouts to increase my power on the bench. I did 345x2, 365x2, 385x2, 405x2, and then 410x1. Hopefully this will help me get to 400 lbs on the bench sooner... Related: 410, bench, muscle, powerlifting, press, strong

	Bench Press 315 lbs x 5 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 95 seconds Yesterday I did 365 lbs, so today I was just fooling around a little bit. I did a negative with 370 lbs, then I did 2 neg's with 405 lbs. After that, I did a drop set with 315 lbs to see how many I could do. 315 lbs never felt soooo heavy... Related: 315, bench, muscle, press, reps, strong

	325 lbs x 5 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 62 seconds This morning I did 325 lbs for 5 reps. Related: 325, bench, muscle, powerlifting, press, strong

$Lock-Outs - 7\" Starting Position - 405 lbs x 2 reps (at 205 lbs)$	Lock-Outs - 7" Starting Position - 405 lbs x 2 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 77 seconds After forgetting how to count and knocking my head on the bar I pushed out to lockouts with 405 lbs. All towards that 400 lb bench... Related: 405, bench, muscle, powerlifting, press, strong

$Bench Press Lock-Outs - 5\" above chest - 390 lbs x 1$	Bench Press Lock-Outs - 5" above chest - 390 lbs x 1 Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 100 seconds I added bench press lock-outs to my bench workout to help increase my power. I did this after benching 370 lbs, tricep extensions, and close-grip benching 345 lbs. Related: 490, bench, lbs, lock-outs, muscle, powerlifting, press, raw, strong

	Bench Press Negatives - 405 lbs x 1 rep (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 54 seconds After doing normal reps with 360 lbs and 367.5 lbs, I did a negative with 405 lbs and 415 lbs. Related: 405, bench, lbs, negatives, powerlifting, press, raw, strong

	367.5 lbs x 1 rep (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 59 seconds Today I did 367.5 lbs for 1 rep - a new personal best. Related: 367.5, bench, lbs, muscle, powerlifting, press, raw, strong

$Bench Press Lock-Outs - 7\" above chest - 435 lbs x 1$	Bench Press Lock-Outs - 7" above chest - 435 lbs x 1 Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 80 seconds Lock-outs - starting position is 7 inches above my chest. Related: 435, bench, lbs, lock-outs, muscle, powerlifting, press, raw, strong

Bench Press Negatives 455 lbs x 1 drop set 315 x 4
Posted by: BRETZERR

Video duration: 141 seconds

Here's what I did for chest today:
Bench 365 lbs x 1, 375 lbs x 1
Bench Neg's 380 lbs x 1, 405 lbs x 1, 425 lbs x 1, 445 lbs x 1, 455 lbs x 1
Drop set from the 455 lb neg to 315 lbs for 4 (almost 5).
Then on to Incline's...

Related: 315, 455, bench, chest, drop, lbs, muscle, negatives, pecs, plates, powerlifting, press, raw, reps, set, strong, tris, triceps

	335 lbs x 4 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 72 seconds Today was 335 lbs x 4 reps. Slowly getting heavier and heavier... Related: 335, bench, lbs, muscle, powerlifting, press, reps, strong

	370 lbs x 1 (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 38 seconds Today I did another personal best 370 lbs x 1 rep. Related: 370, bench, lbs, muscle, powerlifting, press, raw, strong

	Cheat Curls - 200 lbs x 2 at 205 lbs Body Weight Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 47 seconds I thought I would see if I could do a 200 lb curl with the help of a little momentum. Related: 200, biceps, cheat, curls, muscle, reps, strong

	8-year Old Paityn Tumbling Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 7 seconds Here's my daughter Paityn doing one of her last tumbling lines at gymnastics before she quit. Related: gymnastics

	315 lbs x 6 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 60 seconds Just doing some lighter lifting to give the joints a brake. My goal was to do 315 lbs x 10 within 3 minutes. I did 315 lbs x 6, and then x 4. Related: 315, bench, muscle, plates, press, reps, strong

	Close-Grip Bench Press - 350 lbs x 1 (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 72 seconds After doing bench press negatives with 372.5, 405, 420, and 430 lbs. I did some close-grips up to 350 lbs. Related: 350, bench, cgbp, close-grip, lbs, muscle, powerlifting, press, raw, strong

	Close-Grip Bench Press - 345 lbs x 1 (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 57 seconds Today I did regular bench 315 lbs x 7, 370 lbs x 1, then Incline Tri Extensions, and then close-grip bench presses 225 lbs x 5, 315 lbs x 1, 345 lbs x 1. Related: 345, bench, close-grip, lbs, muscle, powerlifting, press, raw, reps, strong

	325 lbs x 6 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 50 seconds Did some lighter training today to see if I could beat my personal best with 325 lbs. Felt like I was going to get 7, but it didn't happen...next time! Related: 325, bench, chest, lbs, muscle, powerlifting, press, raw, reps, strong, tris, tricpes

	350 lbs x 2 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 70 seconds Today I did 340 lbs x 3 and then 350 lbs x 2 reps. My triceps were still sore on these - almost locked up on the 2nd rep with 350 lbs. Related: 350, bench, lbs, muscle, powerlifting, press, reps, strong

	375 lbs x 1 rep (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 59 seconds Yes! I finally got it...and it didn't even feel that bad. You can hear me in the video say, "yeah baby," as soon as I knew I was past the sticking point. Then it was the easy part...the lock-out. Related: 375, bench, chest, lbs, muscle, pecs, powerlifting, press, raw, strong, tris, triceps

$Incline Tri Ext\$	Incline Tri Ext's 156 lbs x 1 strict rep (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 92 seconds In order to build up the power in my tri's for this 400 lb bench press, I have been doing incline tricep extensions. Here I did 156 lbs x 1. Related: 400, bench, extensions, muscle, press, strong, triceps

	Cheat Curls - 171 lbs x 5 reps (at 205 lbs) Posted by: BRETZERR Video duration: 66 seconds Just for fun here...I haven't done these in awhile so I thought I would try 171 lbs in between my tricep work. It was ugly... Related: 171, cheat, curls, lbs, muscle, powerlifting, raw, reps, strong

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