Well, this has been a rough year for me. At the end of last year I pinched a nerve in my neck, then this year I’ve torn a muscle in my groin, broken a bone in my foot, hyperextended a knee, hyperextended an elbow, and a host of other irritating shit. I’v also had two major knee injuries, one major knee surgery, a partially torn right rotator that I never fixed [but doesn’t bother me too much any more], and, again, a lot more irritating injuries.
Anyway, I’m finally feeling good enough to get back in and consistently hit it. I’ve benched 275x5 and 315x2 in the past weighing about 185, and I’ve squatted 405 with a low bar position. With my knees now the way they are, I can only go high bar atg, and it’s humbling. End of year goals are modest, but here they are- bench-235x5, atg squat-275x5, weighted chin-+75x5, hang clean-235x3, bw-175 at 10% or less [I’m naturally pretty lean].
I work full time and am starting back at school full time come Monday, so I’ll lift Mon, Wed, Thurs and Sat on an upper/lower split. Lifts are rarely taken to failure, I’m focusing on good form and generally stop the set with a rep or 2 in the hole or when form breaks [ass off the bench while benching, chest caves while squatting, etc…]. I’ll play ball once or twice a week [I can still dunk pretty easily at 5’9" despite the knees], and I ride my bike to the gym [weather permitting, takes about 10 min] to get loose. Anyway, here goes…
