This was a weird session today!  I felt tired and did everything wrong before lifting.  I ate some food, laid down and watched TV before lifting, falling to sleep in the process…  I woke up groggy and dreaded working out even.  Starting, I even thought to my self that my heaviest bench press was going to be 205 for 4 reps.

Starting out, 135 felt heavier than I thought it should have felt, so again it re-enforced my believe that today was going to suck.  I was very surprised when I tried 205 lbs and got three more reps than I got the last time.  So much for taking it easy this week…

• Bench:
  • 45 lbs –   the bar for 8 reps (my left shoulder click a bit).
  • 135 lbs – 8 reps, surprisingly wasn’t light as I hoped, no clicking in the shoulder like with 45 lbs above.
  • 185 lbs –  8 reps (heavier than I thought, but also kind of felt like a warmup set like back when I was in college).
  • 205 lbs –  8 reps (felt strong out of the gate, 6 was easy so I kept going.  By the 8th rep I was growling, it was tough for me).
  • 165 lbs – warm down set (8 reps, did this set slowly and it felt light.)
• Curls (Switched to Barbells this week)
  
  • 25 lbs – for 10 reps, each arm
  • 55 lbs – for 4 reps, each arm, very hard… very, very hard in fact!
  • 35 lbs – for 8 reps (heavier but lighter than last week).
• Rows
  • 135 lbs – 8 reps (not as heavy as last week, but made me light-headed)
  • 115 lbs – 8 reps (hard, but I was already tired, good set though).
• No weight squats
  • 2 set of no weight squats for 10 reps each.  Neither leg hurt this week.
• Goals
  • To bench press 250 lbs by the end of the year.  I’m pretty sure I can at least get 225 for 1 rep (maybe 2).  Until I can get 205 for 10 easy reps, I’m just going to stick with 205… why push it.  At least I’m not feeling as sore anymore.
  • I would like to be able to curl 55 lbs for 8 reps using decent form eventually.  I’ve always gain quickly with curling, so I’m now sweating this.

I realize that I might be gaining back faster than I want.  I have to build up my tendons and support muscles before pushing too heavy too quickly.  It is hard not to keep gaining quickly, but I really need to control my progress!  Hmm, it’s only 1 hour since my workout, and already I feel sore in my pecs… go figure, so much for not being sore 🙂

On the disappointing side, I stopped trying to lose weight for a while so I could build muscle, etc.  I’ve gained 4 lbs instead of losing weight.

Interesting and good, but bizarre day!

Don