I came in to the gym later than usual.. with the "aw, f*** it" mindset. Thought it would a bad w/o day so I figured I would take it easy; felt a bit lazy and sluggish--blame it on the peanut butter and pretzels I downed after coming back from work.
But apparently, the day had other surprises in mind.. good surprises. (using X-weight bar)
Bench
bar x10
+5 x5
+10 x5
+15 x5
+20 x5 x2, x4 x1 (failed the last)
Squat
bar x5
+35 x5
+50 x5
+60 x5
+70 x5
+80 x5 x3 (belted)
Deadlift
bar x5
+50 x5
+70 x5
+95 x5
+115 x3
+130 x5 (belted)
Dips: x7 x2
yep.. apparently I got "summer bests" across the board today!! And I can definitely tell my triceps are getting stronger, or at least its evidenced by the fact that I've been going up in weight for the isolation exercises.
Thanks for the response to the previous post, everyone. I think I'll give it a try sometime at a low weight.
@Frank: I doubt that I'll be squatting 400 anytime soon.. or EVER for that matter, so I thankfully won't have to worry about that.
@Keone and Shankar: I may very well be one of those girls.. Keone, will you let me use a man-pon?!
Friday, July 29, 2011
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Nice job on the PRs.
ReplyDeleteI would recommend using a thick(ish) sweater or a towel. Those should be sufficient to prevent any markings and alleviate the pain until you get used to it. The manpon displaces the weight enough that it's actually a pretty different movement, IMO. Avoid sleeveless shirts.