No more bench presses for a week

=>Day 1<=

Day 1-Max effort Upperbody
A. MAX-EFFORT LIFT - Work up to a max set of 3-5 reps.
Bench Press

5 reps. It's my new norm.
Bar (45 pounds)
+25
+40
+40 (3 Reps)

PERFECT REPS. Each and every one, even the last struggling one that for a second I contemplated calling out help. Scary but at the same time strangely ( Read more... )

This break wasn't so bad. I didn't end up going to littlerock and being bored out of my mind, which is good. I got to hang out with Robin, someone whom I hadn't seen in forever (and she apparently thought I hated her ( Read more... )

=>Day 1<=

Day 1-Max effort Upperbody
A. MAX-EFFORT LIFT - Work up to a max set of 3-5 reps.
Bench Press

5 reps. It's my new norm.
Bar (45 pounds)
+25
+40
+50 (3 not so great reps)
+40 (2 yay reps)

I was too eager to get to 95 pounds. I need to pace myself better, no point in doing reps if I'm not gonna go all the way down. I need to remember what I always ( Read more... )

Day 3-Repitition upper body
A. REPETITION LIFT - Work up to 3 sets of max reps, rest 60 seconds between sets.
Regular push-ups, bar push-ups or suspended chain push-ups

Did 10 warmup. Today was a little different. It was absolutely beautiful, and my pushups reflected the weather. I did godlike perfect pushups. 16, 5, 7. I'm going to ( Read more... )

=>Day 1<=

Day 1-Max effort Upperbody
A. MAX-EFFORT LIFT - Work up to a max set of 3-5 reps.
Bench Press

I did a pretty good job today. I did 4 reps instead of the usual 3. I worked up to
Bar (45 pounds)
+10 pounds
+20 pounds
+30 pounds

I also didn't go to failure, stopped right before I believe, thanks to my uber timage skillz. That's an increase since ( Read more... )

EDIT: This journal is now friends only. More people then I thought were reading it, and lately my journal has gotten rather personal. If you're a friend (duh), then send a friend request ( Read more... )

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I decided I want to be smart again. It had been a while since I was ( Read more... )

You all know how sometimes you meet someone, and you just 'click'. At once it's like you've known each other for years ( Read more... )

*Things in-the-moment aren't always so bad. It's thinking about them afterwards. The hours and hours of thinking of them afterwards ( Read more... )