Bench Press
45x10, 115x8, 155x5, 185x5, 215x5, 235x5, 250x5, 235x5
Notes: Didn't feel as good as Thursday. But moved fine.
Also, I signed up for a week long gymnastics camp in October. All 268 lbs of me. So that should be interesting.
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Bench Press
45x10, 115x8, 155x5, 185x5, 215x5, 235x5, 250x5, 235x5
Notes: Didn't feel as good as Thursday. But moved fine.
Also, I signed up for a week long gymnastics camp in October. All 268 lbs of me. So that should be interesting.
Solid day today. Shoulder still feels weak when I am at top weights but overall I kinda feel like I'm actually training again, a little, instead of purely rehabbing.
Press
Warm-up stuff
45x12x2, 85x10, 115x8, 145x6, 165x5
Belt - 185x5, 195x5x2
140x10
Notes: 195s were hard, but that's getting up to some actually decent weight now. Might put my wrist wraps on again soon.
Squat
45x5, 135x5, 185x5, 225x5
Belt - 265x5, 295x5, 315x5, 345x5
Notes: Felt good as I went up so jumped to 345 instead of planned 335. Back felt fine. Reps were fast. I can still feel the tweak a lot in day to day life (putting on socks or pants, sitting down), but it seems to be getting better enough to squat fairly quickly.
Chins
BWx3, BW+10x3, BW+20x3, BW+30x3, BW+35x3x6, BW+10x4, BWx6
= 40 reps total, 31 weighted
Bench Press
45x10, 115x8, 165x5, 195x5, 225x5, 245x5, 260x5, 225x8
Notes: These really didn't feel great today. Switched to a closer grip and that was a little better. Still moved pretty fast.
Power Clean + Push Press
45x5, 95x2, 115x2, 135x2, 155x2, 165x2, 175x2, 185x2
Notes: Added the push press on a last minute whim, just to get more practice with it. They were easy so kept doing them as I went up. Pulling is the gym movement that currently aggravates the tweak the most, so have to be careful here, as I can feel it (more between sets than during). But I think pulling this light won't hamper recovery.
185x2 PC+PP on IG
Light day today, back still improving slowly.
Press
Warmup stuff
45x12, 75x10, 95x8, 115x8, 135x8x3
Notes: A little soreness when I started, at 45 and 75, but fine after that. Felt faster and stronger than last Weds' light day.
Squat
45x5, 135x5, 205x5
Belt: 255x5, 295x5, 335x5, 365x5, 335x5
Notes: Shoulder still needs extensive warm-up to take a low bar position, but is definitely faster than before, and in a slightly better position with elbow up and wrist straighter. Back is feeling better, but still pretty tentative, I did the top set of 365x5 pretty slowly. But it doesn't feel any worse afterwards, and keeps feeling a tiny bit better each day, so continuing to add weight.
365x5 SQ on IG
Chins
BWx5x4
NGPU
BWx3x4
Bench Press
45x8, 115x8, 155x5, 185x5, 215x5, 245x3, 265x3x2, 185x5 - paused
Notes: Shoulder didn't love these today so just went up five lbs and did a couple triples. I narrowed my grip and did more of a CGBP at 245 and 265 and that helped a little, then widened back out for 185x5 paused and that was fine. Might've just been a cranky day, esp considering it was a little achy at the start of pressing, too, and that hasn't happened in a while.
I was joking. Really they are just some skills that I've been interested in for a long time, but never made it enough of a priority to do anything about. I have no illusions about being super gymnasty at my size, but it'll be a fun time working on some of the basic skills, and just playing around. It'll also probably end up being less expensive than if I took a traditional week vacation somewhere, and I'll also probably meet some great people.
This popped up on my music stream today:
Powerwolf - Son of a wolf - YouTube