Checking In

This weekend was my 25th birthday.  Unfortunately, I was sick (and still sort of am now), so I did not get really to do very much.  I did drink a little on Saturday night. 

Anyways, my back also has been in quite a bit of pain.  I am not entirely sure where this started, but it is deep of my right shoulder blade, and seems to exist anywhere underneath any part of the shoulder blade.  Now, last Tuesday I did deadlifts, push press, and rows.  I wonder if I started the issue at that time with a little muscle pull or something, and then exacerbated it later in the week with my coughing and sneezing (it hurts in a particular way whenever I sneeze).  In any case, I feel like shit, and I'm obviously falling apart.  I though that I was going to pass out a couple of times on Saturday when I moved wrong and my body throbbed.  So I'm going to take it easy this week.  It may also be due to stress, as work has been certifiably crazy lately, and I did not get that house that I really wanted. 

Deadlifted 315, failed on 335 (I need to reduce my gut, as it very negatively affects my breathing during the setup for Deadlift).

Push Pressed 185 (went 115, 135, 155, 185), actually went up pretty easily, which felt great.  I am going to start doing these more.

Goals Re-Stated

Goals, stated more appropriately:

Deadlift twice my bodyweight.

Squat twice my bodyweight.

Overhead Press 1.25 times my bodyweight.

To make the math simple, let's say that I weigh 200 pounds.  This would be a 400 lb deadlift, 400 lb squat, and a 250 lb overhead press.  That last one will be the hardest for me, even though it's the lowest goal of them all.  I'm within 85 lbs of the deadlift goal.  I am probably about 175 lbs from the squat.  I think that I will be able to move that squat up significantly in about three months when I am hopefully more comfortable in my technique.  The overhead press will be hard because I've always been lacking in shoulder strength, and I used to avoid doing shoulder stuff.  The deadlift is pretty much a foregone conclusion in my mind, frankly.

Wednesday, November 11 - Shoulders, Tris

Finally did delts.  Low numbers, but good feeling in my shoulders.  I was expecting it to be like my chest, which seems to have lost that loving feeling.  Rather, it seems to have lost the much-vaunted "mind-muscle connection" that Arnold was always cumming all day long about.  In real life though, I was really feeling a good thing going on, even though the numbers were so low.

Warmed up on some air machine presses.  Then moved to DB presses: 35 X 10, 40 X 10, 45 X 8, 40 X 8 ... Lateral Raises: 15 X 12, 20 X 8, 17.5 X 8, 15 X 8 ... Front raises: 15 X 10, 20 X 8, 15 X 10 ... Rear delt flyes (lying on an inclined bench): 15 X 12, 15 X 10, 15 X 10 .. Air Machine Presses: 115 X 12, 120 X 10, 125 X 8...
Standing Tricep pushdowns: 50 X 12, 80 X 8, 50 X 8