So lately people have been reading some old entries and it's brought me back to my younger and crazier days.  Looking at my last entry was in July of 2007, it was nearly a year and a half ago.  A lot of things have changed while some things have remained the same.  Before I get into current events I'll give a quick recap of what's happened in the ( Read more... )

So it's been a long time since I've updated this thing.  Since I last updated a lot of things have happened.  I went back to my chest/back supersets twice a week, like I used to do freshman year with good results and continued to push my limits.  During the last few months I've reached new strength levels, anything from benching 320 for sets of 5 ( Read more... )

So this past Thursday I went to St Joe's to support my cousin who's a senior and was competing in their bench press competition.  He was going to attempt to hit 365 which he figured would win it.  He had hit 365 the week before and narrowly missed 385.  His intent was to get 365 and get on the board and bump accordingly.  So we got to the gym and ( Read more... )

Today I felt the euphoria of victory.   Work went by pretty quickly today since I had a lot of stuff to do and I ducked out of there at 4.  So I got home at around 4:30 and started to get everything ready to go.  I got to the gym a little after 5 and weighed in.  I was at 195 today (4 lbs under the 199 lb max).  I tried to eat more food today but ( Read more... )

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8 days remain.  Today was the last time I will lift before the competition.  I finished up the last week of the program last week and I came in today to go for 3 reps, to simulate the competition.  I've been struggling a little bit lately.  I've been missing reps by inches.  I would get to the top of the rep and with just a few inches to go, then ( Read more... )

So the bench press competition is a mere 18 days away.  Next week will be the last week of this 7 week program.  I modified my training to account for the new style of bench pressing required in this years competition (pausing at the bottom).  It took me a little while to get adjusted but I really came around the corner this week.  I got 320 for 2 ( Read more... )

So I just finished week 4 out of 7 in my bench press program and things are going great. Before I get into that I just want to mention that today I found out the exact rules for the competition and they're a lot different than in years past but at least I have a month notice and can alter my training appropriately ( Read more... )

So today was the end of week 1. It was a really exciting week. I didn't know what to expect taking the time off that I have. I was pretty blown away at how strong I remained. I continued to take Animal Pak 5 days a week and I think it made a huge difference. On Tuesday I did chest and got 275 for sets of 6,6, and 4, which was right around ( Read more... )

So it's been a long time since I've updated, over 3 months in fact so I guess I have a lot to inform all you lifting journal fans of. So in September after I finished my summer term and when I had the couple week break before I started working on co op I was getting in the gym 4 times a week and then practicing for flag football since I had ( Read more... )