Fantastic. She's been watching you and going "hmmm....you know, the older I get, the smarter Dad seems to be...."
Yeah, right up there with Mark Twain's similar remarks about how when he got to be in his 20's it was amazing how much his old man had learned. Of course this might also have been triggered by a few things in the last week that she helped me with technology wise or my jubilant post-it notes I plastered all over the refrigerator and bathroom mirrors that said "275 BABY!" before she and Dearly Beloved got up. I now have to document in-progress construction by government decree at work and I had to crash learn how to use a digital camera. She explained to me how I hadn't snapped in the memory card all the way. Also I decided to maybe get my feet wet in the e-book world and she showed me how her Kindle worked. So maybe this is some reciprocity. I'll take it though. I asked her this morning what sparked this sudden interest in lifting again and as is often the case, she played her cards close to the vest. "Just something I got interested in again, Dad."
Weight: 238.5
Bench Press: 250 for 3 singles. Remodeling continues. I was planning on doing just 2 singles, but 3 felt possible and so I went for it.
Pull Ups: 5 sets of 3.
Squat: 275 for 3 and just because that felt not too terribly taxing, 285 for 3. I used my belt today because my back feels a little dodgy. But the knee and back held up fine, even if the back still feels sapped by something or other.
Stretched and foam rolling.
There was a lot going on outside the Golds in King Harbor this morning. On the way there I saw a Coast Guard cutter off the bluffs at Esplenade cruising which was unusual. Then about 20 minutes into my workout I could see the LA County Sheriff's big Sikorsky helicopter in an orbit around King Harbor Pier. I thought maybe it was another amphibious landing by illegal aliens from Mexico like happened in El Segundo last month. On the way home I saw more Redondo cops around the pier and at least half a dozen LA County Fire Department and Lifeguard vehicles hovering around. I asked what had happened as it turns out a young couple had jumped off the end of the pier around midnight. The young woman was swept ashore and was OK, it was a cold windy night last night with some big waves. The guy hadn't been found yet.
Later after breakfast Dearly Beloved and I went on our breakfast car cruise of the coast and saw a grey whale off the bluffs. Caught the spouting and a lot of thrashing. Very cool.
Was it easy enough that you could perform the same weight and get perhaps 4 or 5 singles next single session?
If so, do the same weight again and try to get another single or two. That will help lay a good base to start.
Keep the light day at the same weight for a few more weeks. Then add 10lbs and repeat for a couple more weeks.
Yeah, I do think I had another rep in me this morning and I was a little tired to boot. I am sure I can do 4 next week, so I'll give that a shot and lay the foundation. Slow and steady wins the race.
Every time I see that word these days it makes me think of the ooold Mad Magazine cartoon of the Lone Ranger and Tonto surrounded by injuns. The Masked Rider turns to Tonto and says, "Well Tonto, this looks we're at the end of the line."
To which Tonto replies, "What do you mean we Kemosabe?"
OK, I finally got the skinny from our daughter about her suddenly renewed interest in lifting. It seems one of her websites, xojane had an article by one Dana MacMahan on powerlifting. She pointed me to the place and I read it. Holy cow, MS MacMahan even mentions Starting Strength as a good place to go to get started. So this is a win-win all around. I'll have to see if Rip wants this in the Q&A. http://www.xojane.com/healthy/how-to...ifting-weights
Cool. Thanks for forwarding this.