Okay, I slipped again to Monday instead of Sunday as I normally would.  I was feeling various aches and pains in my pecs and shoulders, so I decided to give my body extra time to recover.  Currently, I’m doing all major body muscles on the same days and it’s taking it’s toll on my body.  Eventually, I’ll break it up doing pecs and legs on one day, then curls, back  on the other day.

Again I decided to keep it quick and heavy, below is what I did on this fine Monday…

• • 45 lbs –   the bar for 8 reps (felt okay today, no clicks).
  • 135 lbs – 8 reps warmup, felt good but not light yet.
  • 185 lbs –  8 reps (felts good, kept it at 8 today because I want to go for reps with 205).
  • 205 lbs –  5 reps (felt strong, but I decided not to go for 6 because I probably wouldn’t have made it.)
  • 165 lbs – warm down set (8 reps, did this set slowly but it felt better than last week.)
• Curls (Switched to Barbells this week) – Had weird clicking sounds when curling last week so I went barbells this week.
  
  • 25 lbs – for 10 reps, each arm
  • 45 lbs – for 6 reps, each arm
  • 35 lbs – for 8 reps (still heavier than I thought).
• Rows
  • 135 lbs – 6 reps (very heavy)
  • 115 lbs – 10 reps (135 zapped me so I was glad to lessen the weight).
• No weight squats
  • 2 set of no weight squats for 10 reps each.  My right leg hurt a bit where I have a muscle tear from the past.
• Goals
  • Be able to bench press 250 lbs by the end of the year (I’d be happy if I could get 225 by the EOY). – I’m pretty sure I can now get 225 for 1 maybe 2 reps, but I’ll stick with 205 since my pecs continually feels sore.
  • Curling goals already met and can be ignored now.

Felt strong, but I’m cautious because I’m sure my joints and tendons aren’t ready for heavier weight yet.  I would like to build my base before trying to go too heavy.  Shoot I might not even go heavy at all.

That’s it for this week,

Don