Strong 15- Week 6: Bench Press & Pull Up/Push Up/Abs Pyramid

Bench Press

132/5, 152/4, 179/3, 197/2, 218/1, 231/1, 245/1, 210/8
* Disappointed that I only managed 8 reps of 210. I was hoping to do at least 10.

Incline Press

157/14, 137/15

Pull Up/Push Up/Sit Up Pyramid (PT Pyramid by Stew Smith)
 
The goal here is to do a no rest pyramid of pull ups, push ups, and sit ups as follows:

1 pull up, 2 push ups, 3 sit ups,
2 pull ups, 4 push ups, 6 sit ups,
3 pull ups, 6 push ups, 9 sit ups,
4 pull ups, 8 push ups, 12 sit ups,
5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 15 sit ups,
6 pull ups, 12 push ups, 18 sit ups,
5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 15 sit ups,
4 pull ups, 8 push ups, 12 sit ups,
3 pull ups, 6 push ups, 9 sit ups,
2 pull ups, 4 push ups, 6 sit ups,
1 pull up, 2 push ups, 3 sit ups.

I didn't even come close to completing this, but I did the best I could. I've always had back issues while doing sit ups, so I modified that part of the pyramid to either crunches or leg raises. (I just call them "abs" below.)

My results were:

1 pull up, 2 push ups, 3 abs,
2 pull ups, 4 push ups, 6 abs,
3 pull ups, 6 push ups, 9 abs,
4 pull ups, 8 push ups, 12 abs,
5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 5 abs.

REST

4 pull ups, 8 push ups, 7 abs,
3 pull ups, 6 push ups, 9 abs,
2 pull ups, 4 push ups, 6 abs,
1 pull up, 2 push ups, 3 abs.

My abs are by far my weakest link. If this was only a pull up/push up pyramid, I would have had a much better shot of coming close to completing it. The abs were killing my back after a while. I ran out of gas after the 5/10/5 set, so I needed to stop for a couple of minutes.

In any event, this is my starting point and I will try to improve each week. Maybe I will one day complete the pyramid as written.