Becoming the World's Strongest Violinist?

[gotlander]

Squats
135x5x2
225x3
275x1
320x5x3

Press 2.0
45x5
95x2
145x1
177x3 PR

Dead Lift
135x2
225x1
315x1
385x1
440x1 PR. Previous best was 437.5, about 5 years ago.
All reps with left hand supinated

[mangen]

Press 2.0

177x3 PR

Dead Lift

440x1 PR. Previous best was 437.5, about 5 years ago.

Congrats. Appreciate the log and showing how consistency leads to gains.

Have you tried to PR the instrument? Rumor is there a few larger ones with similar shape and the same number strings.

[gotlander]

Never considered PRing the instrument. I can’t stand the viola as a solo instrument, and if I switched to cello I could never reach the level of my late father. There’s a reason the violin is the lead instrument in both orchestra and string quartets, and I saw it when I was 5.

Press 2.0
45x5
95x5
138x12 PR
138x8x2

[gotlander]

Dead Lift
135x5
225x2
315x1
385x1 with straps
445x2 with straps
Smashed my record!

[gotlander]

Press 2.0
45x5
95x5
145x1
154x8 PR
154x5x2

[gotlander]

Squats
135x5x2
225x5
315x1
335x7 PR!

[gotlander]

Curls
45x10
65x10
97.5x10,7,5

Supersetted with LTE
45x10
65x10
97.5x11,11,11

[gotlander]

Squats
135x5x2
225x3
275x1
325x5x3

Press 2.0
45x5
95x2
145x1
179x3, a 2-rep PR

Dead Lift
135x2
225x1
315x1
415x1
All reps with left hand supinated

[gotlander]

Press 2.0
45x5
95x5
139x12 a 3-rep PR
139x8x2

[Testluv]

Squats
135x5x2
225x3
275x1
320x5x3

Press 2.0
45x5
95x2
145x1
177x3 PR

Dead Lift
135x2
225x1
315x1
385x1
440x1 PR. Previous best was 437.5, about 5 years ago.
All reps with left hand supinated

Very nice. Encouraging to see 60year old plus lifters setting PRs. Gives me some hope.