Becoming the World's Strongest Violinist?

[gotlander]

Press 2.0
Warm Up
45x5
75x2
90x1
105x1
120x1
135x1

Work Sets
147.5x5,5,4
Not quite.

Dead Lift
135x5
225x1
315x1 DOH
365x5x3 straps

[ColoWayno]

No problem at all. Of course I usually lift in the morning and play in the evening, so I have plenty of time to recover. I think a couple of years ago I pulled four plates in the morning and performed the Praeludium from the Bach Partita in E in the evening.

Nice. If I play (piano) within a couple hours of dead lifting heavy the fingers feel a little stiff for a few minutes, but it's not any worse than going in with cold hands. I had my first piano lesson in more than 30 years a few weeks ago. Feel dumb.

[gotlander]

Have you kept it up over the years, or are you basically starting fresh?

[gotlander]

Squats
Warm Up
135x5x2
185x3
225x1
275x1

Work Sets
325x5x3

Bench Press
135x5
145x3
170x1
190x1
210x5
190x8

[ColoWayno]

Have you kept it up over the years, or are you basically starting fresh?

Not at the level I was at in school, but some. I did classical in school. I was never much of a jazz player though I can fake my way through a bit of basic blues playing. I’ve learned a bunch of Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, standards, etc. by rote... so that fools a few people too. I think I do pretty well with tricky rhythms, poly-rhythms, etc. although I wonder if I could pull that stuff off and stay together with other musicians. I might have turned into the church lady, the one that plays by her own clock and everyone else has to follow her.

[gotlander]

Yeah, that probably describes the trajectory of most musicians, including me. Then I had an operation a few years ago to fix a congenital defect that had always held me back, and I started taking lessons again. Now I get to play all the good stuff I always dreamed of playing.

[gotlander]

Dead Lift
Warm Up
135x5
225x2
315x1 DOH

Work Sets
370x5x3, straps

Press 2.0
45x5
75x2
90x1
105x1
120x1
135x1

Work Sets
147.5x3,2,2,2
135x3
At 60” intervals

[gotlander]

Bench Press
Warm Up
135x5
145x3
170x1
190x1

Work Sets
210x5x3

Squats
135x5
185x3
225x1
275x1
295x1
330x5
295x6

[gotlander]

Curls 45x10, 85x7,7,7,7,3
Supersetted with LTE 45x10, 85x7x5
At 2’ intervals

[gotlander]

Press 2.0
Warm Up
45x5
75x2
90x1
105x1
120x1
135x1

Work Sets
147.5x5x3
Gave myself a little extra time between sets, and the last set just went up by itself!

Dead Lift
135x5
225x2
315x1 DOH

Work Sets
375x5
340x6