BENCH TIME!

In this gym this Thursday, a contest was declared.

Steve Gabrielsen, Mike Robertson, and I are now in a race to the first 315# bench press in the gym.

I may have to move my bench days to Mondays.

I know you're thinking two things.

1. "You don't bench on Mondays?"
   
2. "Wait, why would you move it to Monday?"
   

My response to the first is that I need to combat my inner bro. Then, assuming you're getting a proper deload scheduled in your program, the second is a logical concept so it should be easy to understand: you're nervous system (you know, the one in charge of how strong you are) is more primed and ready on Mondays.

Think about it from our IFAST perspective. Each week has a varying optimal intensity level. Usually one is an 8/10, one is a 9/10, one is a 6/10, and one is a 10/10. I don't care what you say, you cannot go balls out every week. You WILL become burnt out (or overtrained, or your CNS will fatigue... whatever you'd like to call it).

Let's say the deload week (the 6/10 week) has just ended and you're starting the 10/10 week. Now it's time to ramp up the intensity, and you've just had a whole week of "rest" for your central nervous system and it's primed and ready to go.



If your goals are specific [AS THEY SHOULD BE ALREADY] set your biggest goal at the start of your training week.