Hey, your bench is creeping up! How does it feel?
Oh, and I can’t see the video…
hmmm I’ll try uploading again.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Hey, your bench is creeping up! How does it feel?
Oh, and I can’t see the video…[/quote]
Yesterday, it felt pretty good but I won’t be too surprised if I have to come down 5 lbs again next time. It does seem to be coming up fast though! I seem to have the most trouble with the 2nd set and the last 2 sets were surprisingly easier. It must be related to music choice 
[quote]debraD wrote:
Thanks Ronda! I’ll try and get a better angle next time. I just want to make sure I get my form better before I up the weight. That was 120lb and I feel I could go much higher.
I do think I need to bring the bar closer to my legs. But I fear the pain :o Even with socks or pants I seem to have a hard time when the bar hits my shins.[/quote]
You can go way higher. That was easy for you. What is that picture on your wall?
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
You can go way higher. That was easy for you. What is that picture on your wall?[/quote]
I’m so really glad you said that. I added 20 lbs for 2 sets 
squeal
This morning: ran 5k
This afternoon: I decided to skip killing myself with sprints and lift a bit heavier instead. After adding the weight to the dl, I thought what the hell and added 5 lbs to my squat and clean. My bench was weak though. I think I might have to go down a bit. I only made it through less than 4 sets and hunger and fatigue took over.
bench
90x5x4
(front) squats:
90x5x1
95x5x3
power cleans:
90x5x1
95x5x3
dl:
120x5x1
140x5x2 <—woohoo!I can finally say I lifted my bodyweight
[quote]debraD wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
You can go way higher. That was easy for you. What is that picture on your wall?
I’m so really glad you said that. I added 20 lbs for 2 sets squeal
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Nice job but that picture kind of creeps me out!
You did it, yay! It was easy, wasn’t it? 
[quote]rondastarr wrote:
You did it, yay! It was easy, wasn’t it? :p[/quote]
It was easier than I thought but I won’t go so far as to say easy!
Okay I was lazy about the log this week. Condensed version from memory:
Monday morning: ran hilly 5k (my quads were terribly terribly sore for two days after this)
Tues morning: easy 5k
Afternoon: sprints
Evening: lifting
wed morning:
easy 5k
today:
sprints- instead of 4x400m I tried 8x200m but only made it to seven. The first 3 were at 12mph though!! OMGWTF!! sorry.
lifting-nothing new to report
tomorrow morning: 7k run then sausage and french toast feast
Saturday or Sunday might be a day up Needle Peak weather permitting
I have some new pictures I think I’ll post shortly.
So I haven’t updated this in a while so here is a brief one:
Tonight I deadlifted 150x5x3 and then 165x2x1, bench is still weak, can’t get past 90, cleans at 95 and front squats at 100.
So, since I started this log, on September 1 (jeeze that’s only 6 weeks ago, is that right???) I’ve gone from deadlift of 115 to 165, bench from 75 to 90(didn’t I have 95 at some point??), front squats from nothing to 100 and cleans from 80 to 95 (I can do 100, but only to get my front squat started) If only I could clean more I could squat more.
Not all that impressive but a bit more than 6 weeks ago.
Still running everyday but nothing longer than 7k.
nice log!
good training here! go on!!
So I haven’t seen a post on her since 10/14, how is the progress?
I haven’t been checking here! Sorry! I thought my log was long gone off the main page
I am still making progress, but nothing all that noteworthy. My bench is finally past 100 and I c&p 125 yesterday. Deadlifts are still under 200 but I’m sloooowly moving along.
I just dropped the log but didn’t stop working.
DebraD, I have been lurking here for months before I became a member. Based on the information I have read here, I have written myself 3 excell programs for tracking my progress.
1 is a log that I take to the gym to know what I did last time and note current workout. 2 is an excell spreadsheet. I enter # sets, # reps, and weight and it automatically calculates total weight for that exercise or body group.
The good thing about this is that when you log your next workout for the same bodypart it calculates your increase or decrease in weight and %. 3 is a 1RM spreadsheet that I but together based on an article I read. It gives % of 1RM for BB and DB work and selective rep ranges. Is this is the kind of log you might be interested in?
[quote]debraD wrote:
I haven’t been checking here! Sorry! I thought my log was long gone off the main page
I am still making progress, but nothing all that noteworthy. My bench is finally past 100 and I c&p 125 yesterday. Deadlifts are still under 200 but I’m sloooowly moving along.
I just dropped the log but didn’t stop working.[/quote]
You clean & pressed 125? Great number.
Hey I keep trying to get this to fall off the first page!
[quote]giterdone wrote:
You clean & pressed 125? Great number.[/quote]
Really? I thought it was kind of weak. And I still can’t do it regularly but I did take almost a month off and had to go back on a lot of my weights.
Maybe I’ll actually post an update here.
danc2469, sorry I didn’t see your post! I do have a spreadsheet though I just stopped posting numbers.
Here are some crappy quality pics. I don’t take many showing muscle maybe I should try for some better ones. In the meantime:
This one I really dislke!
A little bit softer.