Friday, August 8, 2025

Swiss bar bench press
230 x 8, 8, 8, 5
Super-set with pull-ups
Bw x 8
50 x 8, 8
15 x 8

Overhead tricep extensions
35s x 2 x 8

Axle curls
40 x 30

Kettlebell curls
15s x 30

Back is feeling better, but still opted to do a bench workout while I'm healing. Bench is feeling stronger; 4th set is still a real killer. Shoulders are feeling good. Haven't benched with the straight bar in some time, but I'm enjoying my run with the Swiss bar.

Didn't do neutral-grip chins because the Swiss bar I normally balance high above to do them from was in use, so I did normal pull-ups. Bicep tendon did not like those with 50 lbs hanging from me. It actually felt more like dispersed forearm pain than localized to the tendon while still similar in sensation, but nonetheless, I lowered the weight to just 15 and got a much fuller ROM due to no pain.

Axle curls with 40 felt fine until rep 20, then very slight discomfort. No tendon pain with the kettlebells. Nothing that was endurance-pushing, but wanted to pump blood into my biceps for healing and the pump at the end felt fantastic.