Paul Wood v Alex Horne Bench Press Challenge

Well done Paul!

Paul 107.5 v Alex 100k

He's having a rest this week because of the A/W comp tomorrow.

Cheers, good luck with the comp.

Thanks Paul, i did very well in the comp but now time to focus on this challenge alot more
I did a bit of 1 arm bench today and some light normal bench but nothing much because i got in some serious wars at this comp haha.
I will go back to heavy on friday .... be scared Paul lol cant let you stay 7.5k ahead of me.

Yeah well done there, bet the arm wrestling takes quite a lot out of you.
You'd better get working hard, it might be 10k by Friday
Are you doing the grip comp on Saturday?

Yeh i will be doing it... im not quite the grip daddy i should be, however im not bad
I will be working on that more aswell because it is a crutial part of armwrestling.
If you get 10k ahead then there is next to no hope for me, but who knows.

Last night's benching:

BP: 15x20kg, 6x56, 5x76, 5x96, 4x98.5, 3x101, 2x103.5, 1x110(pr), 1x112.5(pr)

I believe the expression is ba ba boom

Maybe had a bit more energy not deadlifting first. Also got a lift off on the two singles which helped, last time I tried 110 I caught it on the hooks a bit. The guy doing the lifting off is british 90k bench champion (don't know which federation), so that was an added incentive!

Very nice!
Well on your way to 120k now.

Cheers, so far it's going better than I expected. I'm liking the 54321 scheme, having never tried heavy singles before it makes the first work sets feel much lighter in the hands. Might eventually move to a singles only scheme for a while.

Paul is flying right now, and has agreed yesterday to give Alex a 10k handicap so that it will be a bit closer.

No new max to report, but got a bit more on the rep sets.

BP: 15x20kg, 6x50, 5x80, 5x97.5, 4x100, 3x102.5, 2x105, 0x110
All work sets hard, last rep on each was a slow grinder. No lift off this time, think everyone had gone to watch the Man U game. Put the hooks a notch lower so it didn't catch, but then was starting each rep with a partial to lockout I suppose.

No new max again, in fact didn't even attempt any singles this time.

BP: 15x20kg, 6x51, 5x81, 5x98.5, 4x101, 3x103.5
The 5 and 4 felt ok, right arm felt a bit wobbly on the triple and the spotter just stabilised it a bit.

Did some bottom position singles from about 1” off the chest, once the rack was (finally) free:

Bottom position BP: 2x1x81, 1x91, 1x96

Nice stuff - definitely believe you'll get a 120 in the time frame.

Any updates from big Alex, not slacking I hope?

First time benching in 3 weeks and no spotter, just did the following to ease me back in:
15x20kg, 6x51, 5x71, 2x5x91

Todays benching was:

15x20kg, 6x51, 5x73.5, 5x93.5, 10x81
Was alone in the gym so just did the one heavy set.

Alex isn't slacking at all, it's just very hard for him to get a big Bench when his arms are fucked all the time