Lifting to Live

[Bill Anders]

12/23/23 - Saturday

DL H @ 8'
135x4
185x2
225x1
275x1
315x1
355x5

SQ L @ 3'
45x10x3
135x5
185x3
225x1
265x1
290x5x3

Music — Lemmy+Billy Gibbons+Dave Grohl, Run Rudolph Run; August Burns Red, Carol Of The Bells.

Notes — The poor sleep continues. This was to be yesterday's workout, but I wasn't recovered, so I pushed it to today while making sure that I got my HIIT session in. Running short on time, but I am not skipping this today.
- DL - Heavy set. All good.
- SQ - Light sets across. Struck due to time constraints, although I did get the 45x10x3 warmup done before my DLs.

[Bill Anders]

12/25/23 - Monday

OP I @ 5'
45x5x3
95x5
135x3
150x1
165x3x4

BP L @ 3'
45x5x2
95x5
135x3
185x1
205x1
232.5x5x3

Music — Type O Negative, Red Water (Christmas Mourning); Korn, Kidnap The Sandy Claws; Starkill, All I Want For Christmas (if you're sick of the Mariah version); Ice Nine Kills, Merry Axe-Mas; Dio & Tony Iommi, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; King Diamond, No Presents For Christmas.

Notes — Normally we're on the slopes on Christmas Day, the perfect day to go as everyone else is home. But we just don't have the snow. Sure, the local resorts are open, making snow as fast as they can to keep a few runs open, but that's just not enticing to us. So the lifting continues.
- OP - Intensity Triples across. I'd like to put down that these were all smooth and steady, but I focused on my elbows during that last set since they were moving too much during the third set. That focus threw everything off and that last Triple would have looked to be a mess. They all went to lockout, though.
- BP - Light sets across. All good.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

[Bill Anders]

12/27/23 - Wednesday

SQ I @ 5'
45x10x3
95x5
135x3
185x1
225x1
275x1
315x1
340x3x4

Rows L @ 3'
65x5x2
135x5
185x3
215x1 225x1
235x5x3

Music — The Damned, New Rose; Minor Threat, Out Of Step; The Vandals, Anarchy Burger (Hold The Government); Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Love Comes In Spurts; Bad Brains, Re-Ignition; Agent Orange, Bloodstains.

Notes —
- SQ - Intensity Triples across. Smooth, steady, and heavy. All good.
- Rows - Light sets across. Mis-loaded that last warmup rep, but went with it. The work sets were heavy, but based on how explosive these were, I can still run +10lbs for awhile. All good.

[Bill Anders]

12/29/23 - Friday

BP I @ 5'
45x5x3
95x5
135x3
185x1
225x1
252.5x3x4

OP V @ 2'
45x5x2
95x5
135x3
150x2x12

Music — Khemmis vs Lead Belly, In The Pines (Where Did You Sleep Last Night?); Prong vs Rush, Working Man; Patriarchs In Black vs Led Zeppelin, Friends; Clutch vs Black Sabbath, Lord Of This World; Static-X vs Nine Inch Nails, Terrible Lie; Ghost vs Iron Maiden, Phantom Of The Opera; Nekrogoblikon vs Children Of Bodom, Bodom Beach Terror.

Notes —
- BP - Intensity Triples across. Smooth and about as steady as heavy bench gets. All good.
- OP - Volume Doubles across. Strict. All good.

[Fred J]

12/29/23 - Friday

BP 252.5x3x4

Notes —
- BP - Intensity Triples across. Smooth and about as steady as heavy bench gets. All good.
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12/15/22 - Thursday

BP 255x1 PR


Now that is some good progress on a lift many struggle with at times. Congrats!

[Bill Anders]

12/15/22 - Thursday

BP 255x1 PR


Now that is some good progress on a lift many struggle with at times. Congrats!

Ahhh, but then there's:

9/24/23 - Sunday

BP I @ 5'
257.5x3x4

Always something, isn't there Fred?

Thank you, good sir.

[Fred J]

Yeah I missed that ha. That was even faster progress. Stay safe through the new year celebrations.

[Fred J]

After going back and reading that post hell I even commented on it. Wait....what were we talking about. Oh yeah about my CRS haha!

[Bill Anders]

Yeah I missed that ha. That was even faster progress. Stay safe through the new year celebrations.

Once I realized that that was my peak for 2023, I knew that a year-end mock-meet wasn't going to happen.

After going back and reading that post hell I even commented on it. Wait....what were we talking about. Oh yeah about my CRS haha!

If it wasn't for my spreadsheet and keeping track of PRs at different set/rep ranges, I wouldn't have known about that one either. At least not without scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and...



Nothing going on here for NYE. There never is. My bride and I prefer to hang out in the house together, unless I happen to be at the gig, which I won't be this year. After living in Germany for several years and celebrating NY the way they do, everything pales in comparison. Here's an example, although our little village got quite a bit more carried away than this short clip. It would go on for hours.

We will share a glass or two of bubbly and carry on the tradition that we learned over there, watching Dinner For One. It's a great story that you just might appreciate. Don't worry about the German introduction, as the actors are British and the skit is in English. You might catch the gist of the story with the introduction, but just in case, here's a synopsis. Good stuff.

Enjoy!

[carson]

May your new year bring great good and great lifts. BTW Sully tells me that my slogan is the opposite of yours. He says I'm "Living to lift." I do enjoy it because I enjoy competing, mostly with myself.