getting it back baby

[mikeswift]

bench this morning 255 x 4 and 255 x 3
haven't lifted this heavy(heavy for me) in almost a year so I'm pysched

 

[Crazymank]

nice to hear mike!! keep it up.

 

[mikeswift]

only a hundred pound or so behind you normal! I'll catch up!!!

 

[Crazymank]

haa haa... no way,

 

[winneevee]

nice work bro

 

[mikeswift]

haa haa... no way,

keep in mind I'm only 205 right now, how much you weighing Norm?

 

[Crazymank]

lol... 245... hey, but im all natty!!

 

[mikeswift]

ROFL!!! :finger:

 

[saudades]

Nice work, bro, keep it up!

 

[mcgaret]

Mike, you said bench - you ment curls, right???

 

[Get_Swole]

nice mike keep it up brother...

 

[mcgaret]

Hey Mike, You were doing DC, wern't you? I'm wondering how DC will effect my
bench. I'm on my second round of DC and I figured when I finish this round I wanted
to see what my max for a single was. I am wondering if I will be weaker or stronger
at the low reps??

 

[mikeswift]

yeah I've been doing DC as best I can, it hasn't been by the DC book but it's as close as I can manage at the moment. I've been really flexible with scheduling and it works for me. For instance on back/chest day, I do chest at home early AM and then in the afternoon I go to the office gym and do back there because I don't have a pulldown machine at home and the office gym doesn't have a bench... kinda screwey but the extra rest in between allows me to go balls to the wall heavy and it's working for me.

 

[mcgaret]

That's great, but now mabey now you can answer my question. LOL How do you think
doing the DC has affected your bench when you go back and try to go heavy.

 

[mikeswift]

you donkey fucker...

I don't understand your question. I am doing DC and didn't stop but I went a little extra heavy. I think DC does nothing but help all of your lifts go up because you're gaining strength and muscle.

 

[mcgaret]

When I do bench w/DC I usually use a weight I can get 8 with the first time.
My next break I want to see what my single rep max is. Since with DC I havent
been training for the single rep max I was wondering where my strength for a SINGLE
would be? Hope that makes sense and Yes, the donkey was consenting!!

 

[mikeswift]

I'm just finding my numbers with DC and the plan was to go in much more aggresive this time for me so I didn't get 8 with that weight but I have to be honest and say that i was really surprised I got 2 sets with 4 and 3. This time around I'll throw up a little less and try and get 8 the first and we'll see where I net out.

 

[dreww]

good job, thats probably my max or close to it. dont you just long the long runners arms? i got me a set too. Maybe I should have been a swimmer.

 

[mikeswift]

hahah yeah I probably would have been a better swimmer if I learned as a kid but at the moment Paulie said it best in Rocky III when Apollo asked if Rocky could swim, Paulie says, "With a name like Rock?"

last night I got 245 x 8, 245 x 4, 245 x 2
I was happy with it but if I had a spot I could have squeezed another rep on the last set i think.

 

[mcgaret]

Weelllll???? - Where You At Now Bro.?????