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Highs of the Week: This week I hit 5 sets of 5 with 250lbs on the bench press. I’m feeling like that 300lbs is just around the corner. According to the standard 1 rep max chart if I can hit 5 reps with 260lbs then I can hit 300lbs for 1 rep but you those thingsContinue reading “Hello Spring”

Highs of the Week: I made slight progress on the bench this week. I think I would have gotten a 4th rep on my final set of five but I came down too quick and the left side tapped the safety guard at the bottom which sent reverberations into my arm and screwed me up. OrdinarilyContinue reading “Tough”

Highs of the Week:  My main high of the week was doing a bunch of pull ups on Thursday. I’m really enjoying pull ups and will be hitting 200 in the near future. I was also happy with my heavy bench day despite not hitting every set. It was still progress. Things I Could HaveContinue reading “Almost a Week Late”

Highs of the Week:  I hit 5 sets of 5 with 245 on the bench which was a big relief. Nice to see progress without any set backs. What had me even more stoked was that I got in 140 pull ups during my Thursday workout. That’s the most pull ups I’ve done in aContinue reading “Beginning of the Next Chapter”

Highs of the Week:  I hit five sets of five with 240 again and while I wouldn’t call it easy, I definitely feel good about doing 245 this coming week. Another high was my workout on Thursday. Even though it was short I had a super busy day and it was literally all I couldContinue reading “Staycation”

Highs of the Week:  The title is a reference to the first Thor movie. I titled this post with said title because I want another week like this. I hit 5 sets of 5 with 240lbs without failing. I tried a workout with the Lagree Machine at The Butcher Shop which was super fun! ItContinue reading “ANOTHER! (smashes glass)”

Highs of the Week:  I did what I was supposed to for 240 five sets of five even though I failed the last rep. I am certain I will get it this week and because on my Saturday Hypertrophy day I got my set 3 sets of 8 with 225lbs. I’ve been getting better restContinue reading “Get After All Of It”

Highs of the Week:  This week my high was taking two OTF classes. I hadn’t done that since September. Things I Could Have Done Better: I should have started at 240lbs for my 5 sets of 5. I talked about letting go about ego last week and still overestimated my 5 sets of 5 weight. VeryContinue reading “Sisyphus”

Highs of the Week: I haven’t taken an OrangeTheory class in ages so that was great. OrangeTheory workouts are so good when it comes to heart rate and cardio training. I’ve also been working on my rowing so it felt good to put my practice to work. I burnt 806 calories. My average heart rate wasContinue reading “EGO”

Highs of the Week: The high of the week was actually realizing I hit a plateau. The training method I have been using has run it’s course and it is time to switch things up. Failing to perform a second rep of 1 with 285lbs for my bench was eye opening but even more so wasContinue reading “Plateau”