Deads being careful to shove hips left
95lbs x 10
135 x 8
165 x 6
185 x 5 yikes harder than I thought. Almost prevented me from the next
205 x 6
yay, not as tough as last week and got an extra rep. Call it a win.
Barbell curl
some warmup
70 x 3
70 x 3
Leg curl
Cable rows I do these as a deadlift accessory, so pivot the hips a lot deliberately
Thanks. What’s annoying is that for all the training I’ve had, including Matt Wenning’s place, not one person stopped to figure out what to do about it.
So. It snowed today. I mean SNOWED. Had to brush off the car, and when I got to the gym all the power was off. The only light coming through the windows. Oh well, on the upside at least the annoying radio wasn’t screeching. Some call it music but I call it a distraction.
Since the deadlift platforms were in the dark, had to change things around. Decided to do heavy rows on the cable machine instead. So fumbled around, set the stack, sat down, drew a breath - and suddenly the lights snapped on and the loudspeakers went off at eardrum splitting volume. Sigh.
heavy rows - went up a couple plates from before
hamstring machine - hit half the weight stack
shrugs - 170 lbs plus carriage x 3
160 x 7
curl machine to knock out wrist curls and rev wrist curls. Went up a plate.
And today it was in the 60’s with clear skies. Good grief.
Ate pretty heavy and got up another pound bodyweight. Feeling good, can I do something with it?
Squat
95 x 7
115 x 6
135 x 3
175 x 2 1/2 probably should have stuck with 165, wanted to see if was any stronger, eh maybe, they were hard
155 x 5
135 x 5
Bench had done 120 x 5 previously, was aiming for 6 or 7 reps. Stupid foot was really bothering me, the numbness was just all over the place. So did bench while in a bad mood.
65 x 8
95 x 5
120 x 5 - omg, this was tough, last one was a fucking grinder.
105 x 5 - another grinder, can’t believe it.
In a really bad mood. Bench is the one thing that just cannot budge
Dips brought out belt and strapped a 25 lb plate
25 x 6
25 x 6
should be happy, but still fuming over bench
Shoulder machine
knocked off some good ones, even hit failure on last one.
Deadlift (scoliosis stance)
135 x 8
175 x 5 (testing parallel grip strength - actually worked)
195 x 4
225 x 5
205 x 6
yay. think I’ll keep the 225 for next time instead of going up, want to be sure I’m nailing technique
hanstring machine good ones
Pullups
almost 5
almost 5
BB curl
70 x 3
50 x 6
gonna have to go with 65 lbs until get up to 70
Two goals today. Going to work arms specifically because in my thin frame they’re especially thin. Second, check on bench. Last week, had a really awful bench session. Will check to see if it was just a fluke.
Bench (lbs)
65 x 10 easy
95 x 7 no problem
115 x 5 not too bad. This was about the point last that I lost it. So decided to see if I jump ahead and try 135. Will be careful, try only one rep and just bounce it instead of PL pause
135 x 1
felt good. Next time I may try a double.
125 x 2 ooh, tough
did another set, about half a dozen reps, but can’t remember weight. Either 115 or 105.
Decide to do overhead press. Had been doing delt machine all this time, built up weight some, shoulders have a little growth. Been couple years since the barbell version. Can I beat the 65 / 75 / 85 limits?
45 x 4 owww, something’s wrong in shoulder, check form
65 x 4 got elbows lined up, scoliosis stance, went better but jesus hard, can’t believe how I had to strain
75 x 2 form wasn’t great, straining so hard
55 x 5
Finally arms.
Tri pulldowns
BB curls
Tri machine
Wrist curls