Enlighten me please...(bench question)
Hi guys, I've been a bit remiss with studying and finals, but, rest assured, i've been diligently keeping up my westside training in between library trips (gym is at the exact midpoint between my apt and the main library). Anyway, i have a quick question while I'm procrastinating here:
On all of my ME bench core exercises (board press and floor press thus far) the difference between my 3RM and 1RM is minute. That is to say, if I get 275 + chains for 3, when I go up to 285 (sometimes even just 280), it's all I can do to manage that one rep. Is this type of "tiny" discrepancy between a 3RM and 1RM normal? IF not, what might it indicate? My "theory" (limited as my PL'ing knowledge might be) is that years of bodybuilding training have made 1RM's foreign to my body and nervous system. I would argue that this is the reason (or at least the major contributor to the actual reason) there is such a relatively small jump in weight from the 3RM to the 1RM....any thoughts?