Tuesday 4 December 2012

Bench

• 135 x 5
• 185 x 3
• 205 x 3
• 225 x 2
• 240 x 5 x 3

Press

• 135 x 4 x 3

 Reverse Banded Bench

• 205 x 3
• 225 x 3
• 245 x 3 x 8
• 225 x 1 x 8

DB Row

• 125 x 10
• 135 x 10
• 140 x 10

 Dips

• 25 x 10
• 30 x 10
• 35 x 10

Prowler

• 10 x 280# x 40 yards @ :30 rest

Notes: Today sucked. I hate bench press. I'm terrible at it and always have been. This isnt a wine fest, im just saying it sucks and i dislike it because i am bad at it. I suppose that's only a  natural response. The triples were terrible and i had stripper butt like crazy. Not surprising i guess. Being pissed off, i decided to take a run at doing 245 on the reverse banded bench to lockout something heavier than what i just tripled, but i could only get sets of 8 instead of 10. And i couldnt finish the last set, so i dropped to 225 to squeeze out whatever i had left in my triceps. Which i also hate.

Rows felt oddly light considering how much everything else sucked. Prowler was also pretty awful, but its conditioning, and anyone who says they like conditioning is either mentally insane or a liar. I think im going to run out the backloads as i have them until the meet but just be a little more strict on choices of food and do HIIT harder and more often. Im trying to get strong right now, not get ab veins, and i need to prioritize and work towards one single goal.

These days are good. These days make me realize that it isnt about what i did today, yesterday, the month before, or even 6 months before. If you're in this game of weightlifting for the right reasons, you're in it for life. These days come and go, good days and bad days. But the important thing i think is to take them for what they are, grind through the session, and go home knowing you did the best you could. I'm not going to leave the gym every day with a new record, in fact as i keep progressing there will be proportionally less days i leave with records as i keep pushing to my genetic potential, which is fairly far off i believe, but that's not the point. I have to focus on the journey and the beauty of the struggle, day in and day out, and always strive to be 1% better leaving the gym than when i walked in, be it in an actual lift, or simply my mindset. 1%