Strong 15- Week 1: Bench Press

Tonight marks the beginning of the new training philosophy, based on Paul Carter's Strong 15, Man Maker Template which is set forth in his new book, Strength Life Legacy.

This template is run for 11 weeks, with the goal of setting new personal records on the bench press, deadlift, squat, and overhead press.

My numbers at the start of this program are:

Bench Press: 258
Deadlift: 363
Squat: 338
Overhead Press: 177

My goals for each at the conclusion of this program are:

Bench Press: 268
Deadlift: 383
Squat: 358
Overhead Press: 187

Each week consists of three workouts. I will bench press one night, squat & deadlift one night, and overhead press one night. Every workout also contains assistance work, which be logged throughout.

I kicked off the program with bench press tonight, and the workout proceeded as follows:

Bench Press

129/5, 150/4, 175/3, 193/2, 204/1, 214/1, 227/1, 180/12

Incline Press

142/15, 142/13 (The goal is to do 2 sets for 15 reps each, so I came up a little short on the second set.)

Pullups

6,6,6

Abs

3 sets of 10 reps each on the ab wheel