Sunday, November 18, 2007

I went and lifted today, and it was pretty different than my usual workouts. Since it was my fourth of the week I decided to just use it to focus on some things that I consider weak points. The back is almost 100%. I just had a little stiffness waking up this morning. For it to hurt as bad as it did, it sure did recover quickly.

Squat
135x5
155x5
175x5
185x5
205x5
215x3

Seated Dumbell Shoulder Press
40x10

Military Press
90x6
110x6
110x5

Lateral Raises
20x12
20x10
22.5x8

Bent-Over Lateral Raises
20x10
22.5x8
22.5x?

Note: The rep numbers of the lateral and bent-over raises is the best I can remember.

Assisted Pull-ups
40 lbs of assistance
10
8
6

The lift I'm concerned with and focusing on the most is the squat. I consider my squat to be pretty pathetic. But I did set a personal record for squats today so that makes me happy. I actually think I could maybe do more, but I always hold back...even though I'm squatting in a squat rack I don't want to make a loud crashing noise if I have to abort. Also I'm squatting deeply for the most part I think (parallel to below parallel). Most people think they're going parallel when in reality they only going about half way down, and then they say they can squat that much. I alway use a full range of motion on all my exercises.
I've also been concerned with my lateral and posterior deltoids, hence the raises. And my pull-up needs work. To be a 'not as serious although serious work out' today I'm happy with it. Now time to cook up some eggs and hashbrowns.

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