Weigh in

Gained a pound and a half. I now weight 175.4lbs.

Really was not expecting this because i took a week off and didn't think I was eating all that much.

week 3 : day 9 : 10/21/10

weight: 174
goal weight: 185

squat
45x6
235x3x3x2x2

press:
115x3x3x1

not feeling well. Rest of workout skipped. I think it's because I partied last night and was very dehydrated afterwards.

Day 8: Week 3: 10/18/10

Deadlift:
135x8
275x5
285x5
295x2
295x1

Bench:
145x3
125x2
145x3
145x2

Pullups:
3x negatives
2x negatives

Hise Shrug:
145x6
265x5
275x5
285x5
295x5
315x5

Day 7 : Week 3 : 14/10/10

weigh in: 172.8lbs
goal: 185

Squat:
135x8
235x2
235x2
235x1
235x1

Press:
115x2
115x2
115x3
115x0

Bent Over Row:
145x5
155x4
155x5
155x5

Day 6: Week 2: 10/11/10

Deadlift:
255x5
255x5
255x5
255x5
Started getting tough near the end. Not sure if I'll do a thirty-pound jump like I was thinking. My old level of strength here was 315 and I want to get back there as fast as I can.

Bench Press:
135x5
135x5
135x5
135x5
Get to go up in weight in this lift now. 170 is my bodyweight and I don't anticipate it taking too long to get up to here.

Pullups:
4x2x(bw-40)
2x2x(bw-40)
2x2xbw(-40)

Hise shrug:
245x5
245x5
245x5

I split my workout into two parts because I didn't have time to finish all of it before dance class started.

The purpose of this blog

I am a weightlifter. I keep an internal log of what I do so that I know what to do in the future. In fact, the log is such an important part of lifting that often times, others share with others what they did for the day, everyday. I always shared the highlights. but forum logs are always awkward for me, so I thought I'd make a blog.

I am coming off of a four and a half month haitus after an injury from my time in the fire service. I hadn't had any access to much in the way of gym equipment at the time, but now, after getting back into college, I do. I have also set goals for myself. Both longterm and short term.

As of today, my lifts (big 3) are thus
Bench: 135
squat: 225
Deadlift: 305 (down 10lbs).

This is a total of 665.

My longterm goals are this:
Deadlift: 600
Squat: 500
Bench: 300

for a total of 1400.

My goal is to be able to add 80lbs to each of my lifts by the end of this coming May. I think it's quite doable still. I want to accomplish this long-term goal by the time I graduate college in 2014.

This is my current workout

Day A:
Squat
Strict Press
Bent over Row

Day B:
Deadlift
Bench Press
Weighted Pullup
Hise Shrug