Basically this will be a workout log of sorts. I'm starting to get back in to the gym for the first time in over 2 years. I'm trying to lift heavy for the first time in 6 years. So its been a long time and I've lost a lot of strength. I'm doing this in hopes to eventually compete in the Highland games here in Tulsa, Oklahoma. And to do some power lifting meets. But my ultimate goal is to get an elite total in power lifting. That being said I have a long way to go. But the road to strength is a marathon, not a sprint. So I plan to be in for the long haul. This blog is also to give me some accountability in training. If I know someone may be looking at this and seeing that I bench less than some 14 year old girl in Russia then I'll be more driven to improve.
First lets do my all time high lifts. For squat it was 515. I was always a pretty strong squatter. It came from riding motocross my entire youth. 515 was around 18, I'm now 32. 5 Years ago I think I was up around 440, and then I fell out of the gym again due to relationship issues.
For deadlift I was 400 something. This one was the same time as my 440 squat. I used wrist wraps at the time because I didn't know better. I didn't start deadlifting till I was 24 or 25. We never did it in high school. But I love it now. Such a great full body exercise.
For bench it was 200 something pounds. I've felt like a weak bencher. I hated to do it because I felt weak at it, so it never really improved. I felt ok with dumbbell benching so at one time I could bench 90lb dumbbells for 3. No idea what the translation is for the actual bench. So needless to say I need to force myself to bench.
I've spent the last few years being sedentary, drinking soda, and playing video games. As such I'm not in great shape and am feeling particularly weak. But these things are already starting to change. And I hope this will be a log of those changes.
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