bench press 200 lbs.

I haven’t done any barbell bench pressing for the last couple months. I had to establish a calculated max today by repping with near max weight. I ended up repping 205 eight times for a calculated max of 255!(yeah right)

Anyway, whether the estimated 1RM is correct or not, I tore 200 up with ease. Awesome.

I’m pretty sure I can get this now because I did 3 sets of 5 with 190 yesterday (new personal record). I’m going to hold off until next wednesday for the attempt though, as I’m on a strict program, and I’m not going to just throw a max-effort lift in the middle of a cycle.