PRs

Today was our first day back from our deload week. I've been itching to get back for a few days now and lift something heavy, so I was pretty psyched. It was ME Upper Body, which I think I already wrote about, but we switch most of the movements every 2 or 3 weeks, so we benched today. I hit 200x1 which I was pretty psyched about, since I benched 185x1 on New Years. I felt strong, like I could get another rep easily, but I got too excited, lowered the bar too quickly, and somehow managed to lower it almost to my belly button. Needless to say, that was the end of that.

We are supposed to move right from our max effort movement to some hypertrophy and assistance stuff. However, I really wanted to do some chins, and I decided to load them. I've never once done weighted chins. I always figured that since I can only get 6-8 bodyweight chins with good form in one set, there was no real need for me to load them. So we did ME chins too:

+10 x 3

+10 x 3

+25 x 2

+45 x 0.5

I was pretty surprised that I was able to do so many with an external load. If I lose 15 pounds, I'm pretty sure I could nail that 45, no sweat. I think Sean maxed out at +90x3.

Band pull aparts are harder than they seem initially. We did some other shit too, it was fun.

Sean has been complaining that he feels like he is neither getting stronger nor bigger, and is blaming the program we are using. I think that his blame is misplaced, because I've put on 10-15 pounds since November, 40 pounds on my bench, 50 pounds on my deadlift, and 50 pounds on my squat. Granted, half of my weight is fat, and I was weak as fuck before, but still. I think Sean would make better progress if

a) he kept a training log - CAUSE HOW YOU KNOW WHERE YOU GOIN IF YOU AIN'T KNOW WHERE YOU BEEN

b) he would consistently eat. He wasn't this skinny as an 18 year old because he loved to eat, and he ain't gonna get this big as a 28 year old if he doesn't keep eating.

So there it is Sean. I'm calling you out.