Week 32 – Modified Heavy-Volume / Incline Press Day

Date: August 9, 2026
Age: 39
Bodyweight: ~79–80 kg

Context: This Sunday session became the first training day of the new week rather than a light accessory day. Equipment availability and time constraints shifted the primary heavy-volume movement from barbell bench to incline dumbbell press, with barbell bench retained as secondary volume work.


Incline Dumbbell Bench Press

LoadSets × RepsNotes
40 kg1 × 10
42 kg1 × 8
44 kg1 × 5
46 kg1 × 5RPE 8–8.5

Bench Press

LoadSets × Reps
60 kg1 × 10
100 kg1 × 10
100 kg1 × 5

Accessories

ExerciseLoadSets × Reps
Rope Pushdowns21.25 kg3 × 15
Seated Rows50 kg3 × 20
Lateral Raise Machine20 kg3 × 20
Leg RaisesBodyweight2 × 10

Session Interpretation / Why This Session Matters

The key result was the 46 kg × 5 incline dumbbell set at RPE 8–8.5. That was a substantial peak-load progression over the usual 42 kg work and showed that pressing strength had returned well after travel. Keeping the barbell bench to 100 kg volume afterward prevented the improvised session from turning into two heavy pressing workouts stacked together.

This also established a future goal: testing the gym’s 50 kg dumbbells on a day when incline pressing is deliberately placed first and treated as the primary strength movement.

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