Today is Monday 16th March 2008
My weight has dropped by 3 lbs over the weekend as my food has been more sensible and the water from the show has all but gone. I weighed just over 90kgs today and felt great (although voice has nearly gone!!!)
Today was back day. I had a lot of anticipation and excitment about todays session as it would be the first time I would have deadlifted in around 2.5-3 years.
My previous max was 190kgs for 1 rep and that was a real struggle!!
Both Matt and I had the same nervous energy coming into this session which was good as both Matt and me spurred each other on.
I was delighted with how it went and although volume was low, intensity was off the scale, but next week we will add in one more exercise which will be weighted chins as a 3rd exercise
The workout was as follows:-
Deadlifts (no lifting straps, off floor with just chalk for grip)
1x8 110kgs
1x5 150kgs
1x5 190kgs
1x2 230kgs
1x1 250kgs (got off the floor but failed)
1x6 200kgs
Narrow grip pulldowns
1x8 90kgs
1x6 110kgs
1x8 100kgs dropping to 60kgs for a further 6 reps
That was it for today and to pull 230kgs for 2 reps on my first attempt I was quite pleased. 3x my bodyweight would be around 270kgs which I think after a couple of months will be quite achievable.:lift:
Another first today was abdominals. I haven't trained them for around 4 years so whilst Matt did a few sets of biceps I did 3x15 of bench crunches; this doesn't sound much but I wanted to break myself in gently.
So another brief but intense workout lasting around 40 mins but my back felt solid and pumped.
The hunger is back with me today so I am upping my food as a result and again being instinctive. My new supplements arrived from myprotein.co.uk today and the new
MP Max range of Flapjacks and Meal replacements are awesome, so I will have to watch I dont eat too many!!!
My next session is on wednesday and is shoulders. Is it just me or are the weeks just racing by?!!
Happy lifting
J