Monday - Dick Around Day...

Seth hurt his trap moving, and mine's still jacked up from last week, so rather than be men and work out anyway, we just kinda screwed around in the gym.



One notable achievement is that we both hit PR bench presses today. This is especially notable because CrossFit includes very little bench pressing, and when it does call for it, it's typically "bodyweight" and no more.



Seth and I both spent a lot of our time in the gym before finding crossfit focusing on bench press. Our gym at the time was one of those where the flat bench was the focal point of the entire room, and your worth was measured entirely by how much weight you could get down and up. We went from weekly dedicated bench press training to almost never, and here's what we ended up with:



Seth

Previous Weight: 206lbs
Previous PR: 255lbs
% of BW: 124



Current Weight: 195
Current PR: 265
% of BW: 136



Justin

Previous Weight: 175lbs
Previous PR: 255lbs
% of BW: 146

Current Weight: 158
Current PR: 245
% of BW: 155



I'm confident that we'll both be able to get more weight up once we've healed, but it was very motivating to know that we're both stronger on this lift (hurt) after many months of complete disregard for it. I think it really says a lot for the carryover of this kind of training into unfamiliar domains.





Anyhow, enough of that. After we benched, we dicked around trying to find the most brutal ab exercises we could come up with, so I'm feeling like someone's been punching me in the abdomen all day.



And remember kids, The Crebital Hulk Says


























NEVER BENCH PRESS ALONE!!!


If you do bench press alone, never ever go anywhere near failure. People die doing that crap. It can happen to you!