Wake Up: 8:30am (literally had the worst sleep of my life. The heat in my room, a raging storm, and some bad night terrors kept me awake most of the night)
Song of the Day: Express Yourself (NWA)
Workout:
Me:
Squat - 1x12@225 (This was a big PR for me and I was super excited about it. On the first rep of the second set, my left knee said “nope!” and I had a really intense pain on the lateral side of my patellar tendon. I finished the workout with some light work, and as of right now, my knee doesn’t hurt anymore. I think I’ve been pushing my luck by upping weight every week for the past 4 or so weeks. It has helped me make some gainz for sure, but at the expense of my joints. I’ll have to switch up exercises a bit so that I am doing more dynamic work and lighter lifting to help my joints catch up a bit.)
KBDL - 3x12@35
Step Up - 3x10@BW
GF:
Squat - 3x8-12@55
KBDL - 3x6-8@35
Step Up - 3x10@BW
The GF was also not feeling very good from poor sleep as well. Today was a bit of a rough day for lifting, but we are both excited for our conditioning workout tomorrow.
@burnur yeah that set made me feel all warm inside. Knowing I struggled with 5 reps late last year is wild. I’d never seen that much progress on any lift
I was not there yesterday because I went dirtbike riding in durhamtown GA. Our trip was cut short when I hit a tree and crushed my boot on one of my toes. It needed 4 stitches, and I’ll be taking it easy for a while so I can heal up. I’ll still train the gf tho!
Incline Bench Press - 1x15@185, 1x5@205, 1x1@225 (The 185lb set was crazy. I didn’t expect to get that many reps at all)
Pullups - 3x8@BW
Lateral Raise - 3x12@25
BB Curls - 3x15@45
OH BB Ext - 3x15@45
GF:
Incline Bench Press - 4x5@25
Lateral Raise - 3x10@10
BB Curl - 3x10@15
OH BB Ext - 3x5@15
Turns out my toe is also broken, so that is gonna really make leg day interesting. I will be trying to do some work without hurting myself, or worse, breaking a stitch. What a time to be alive!
Incline Bench Press - 3x5@205 (Getting easier and easier)
TBDL - 3x5@205 (Knee is feeling strong, pain-free)
Pullup - 4x5@BW (Pullups have gotten much easier. Im noticing that my form is changing a bit, and I’m able to almost “lean back” on each rep. I was only able to do that back when I weighted like 170. Neat)
RDL - 4x5@135 (These were done as paused reps because I felt like my form wasn’t perfect, which is weird because I usually go much heavier. However, those sets were with dumbbells, and this one was with a barbell)
Lateral Raise - 3x5@45
GF:
Incline Bench Press - 4x5@35 (She was super in control of this weight. Will add more)
KBDL - 3x8@35 (I tried to add bands, but they threw her form off, so I took them away)
Pulldown - 3x8@ Red band???
RDL - 3x5@35
Lateral Raise - 3x5@12.5
I also got engaged over the weekend, so I’m trying not to let all the celebratory dinners and deserts ruin my dedication to a healthy lifestyle lol
