A good spotter is worth his weight in gold. This is a pretty funny workout story.
Last night, I did a
HEAVY BENCH workout, RAW, with chains. And I trained alone. And it was really really tough to train alone bc I need a spotter on every set. I went to the gym where I thought there would be more people who know what they are doing, but I was wrong.
BENCH W/CHAINSChains weigh 73 pounds. Weight is at the top of the lift, including the chains.
118 x 10 (just the chains)
188 x 5
198 x 5
208 x 5
208 x 5 got a little help on the last one
188 x 5
188 x 5
188 x5
I did the math wrong and thought I was lifting 10 pounds less the whole time.
The sets at 208 were EXTREMELY heavy, I was pretty much maxed right out there, and they weren't all that pretty. I was suprised at how heavy it felt when I thought it was 198!
NEGATIVESNot good. I asked a decent-sized kid who spotted me on a couple sets w/chains to help me with the negs. After I explained what negs are
, I put 225 on the bar, told him he would have to basically row it off of me, and asked him if he could handle 225... he said he could but he couldn't.
225 x 3 --- The kid pulled it back towards him on the first one, so I knew we had a problem. By the third one, I was out of gas and useless, and he couldn't get the weight off me. He pulled it back to the rack UNDER the rack
. I had to help him set it on the lower pins just above my head and get out and help him rerack it. He hurt his wrist too and was bitching. He then disappeared to the other side of the gym and refused to make eye contact with me for the rest of the workout.
I was gonna do two sets, but I didn't go for the second one. LOL
Close Grips135 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5
I tried a few squats with just the bar and wasn't liking the way those were feeling, so no squats.
After that workout, I am just thankful that I am not injured, and I really appreciate my husband as a training partner and a spotter.