Take care of yourself

I am, predictably, sore today.

 

DB bench & seated rows, five sets each; 10 minutes on the rowing machine.

Done.

 

Sets of 10, only enough rest to change weight: 70-lb shoulder press, 70-lb bent rows, 80-lb front squat, 55-lb curls, 45-lb triceps press. Clean and jerk 65, 85, 95, 95, 100.

Row 15 minutes for 3,175 meters.

 

Tuesday, chest and back, seven total sets of four rounds in each. I was wiped out and went to bed a 8:30.

Yesterday, shoulders and arms.

Today, rest.

 

Chest and back.

Row 500 meters in 2:15. Run a mile in 10:05.

 

New leg day records: Squat 305 x 5 reps; deadlift 345 x 2

 

Finally back to the gym.

Today, clean and jerk (five sets) and one-arm one-leg cable pulls (three sets).
Row 10 minutes = 2,112 meters. Row 500 meters in 2:10.

I'm out of shape.

 

Yesterday, chest and back, three exercises each.

I'm so sore, it hurts to cough today.

 

I have been lifting six days a week for a few weeks now, so two days for each body part, split into three workouts.

I was pretty happy today to have been able to at least bang out a couple of short sets on the bench with 75s (my entire weight room is just dumbbells and a treadmill. Some day I plan to add some more pieces).

Anyway, my medium- to long-term goal is to complete four sets of eight with 90s, though I don't even own those yet, and don't quite feel like I need to begin saving for them at this point. I'll be stuck on 75 for at least a few weeks.

 

Eight sets on the bench today, ending with 235 x 4, a new PR.

 

Deadlift PR 355 x 2; tried 245 on the bench, but couldn't get it.

 

Hitting the 80 lb. dumb bells as we speak, which is a big milestone, as they are the heaviest pair I own. I have run out of weights! I'll have to buy some 85s soon, but it's well worth the cost to me.

I weigh about 160.