Shanker 5/3/1 Week 1 Bench Press

was gonna procrastinate this til I finished the week, but I'm bored and have scar symmetry blasting right now, so what the hell...

Elbow sleeves came in, wore them the whole time, I'll keep them on for Bench and Squat days for this cycle and see where I'm at after.

Bench Press
165x5
195x5
225x8
This was a pretty easy rep PR, by at least 2... after a month of doing jack shit and on a bum elbow. So apparently the sleeves give me a pretty good pop.

DB Rows
112x16
135x16
135x16
135x16

core shit.


In other news, I'm not going to push my prowler for a little while, concerns about stressing the elbow too much...so I bought a harness. Works pretty well. As for the meet, I'm not doing it. I'll come, be a cheerleader, etc to those who are doing it. As long as I have a chance to put up a pretty damn good total as a junior (before March of 2012) I'm happy, no need to rush things. Honestly, at this point my goal is  simply getting big enough and strong enough to be able to train with Danny this summer.

Shanker: Pointless

One of the more retarded workouts I've ever done.

Walked to the gym from work...
in order to walk on a treadmill for an hour.
Stretched.
Walked home.

Is this what rock bottom feels like?