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vicarzOn bench today I was able to do a double with 225, then 4 more singles. Truly I would have preferred a spot, but each intense guy beside me was knee deep in their fuckoffheadphones.
Still, that 225 was totally mine today. I started squats etc. based on not being able to bench press 225. I figured if I could do that it would be enough. When I was going to do that weight for the first time, I wanted a friend to witness it so I could "prove" I did it. I had no witnesses today, nor are any necessary when I know it's what I can do - not a fluke.
I counted my maxes and I can lift about 945 lbs or more. I think 1k would be nice, then a real 1k where it all happens in a day. Then more. You know what would be a fun bench? 275. More fun than that? 315. That would be pretty.
I'm not as flexible as I ever was, but the absence of pain has helped me reach old and now new levels of strength. I'm calling the labral tear issue "dead" as while I have a tiny residual lack of flexibility, the pain is gone and my strength is back - if not greater. Overall I'm better than I was today than before surgery.
Hmm what can I get chopped up next!?
Still, that 225 was totally mine today. I started squats etc. based on not being able to bench press 225. I figured if I could do that it would be enough. When I was going to do that weight for the first time, I wanted a friend to witness it so I could "prove" I did it. I had no witnesses today, nor are any necessary when I know it's what I can do - not a fluke.
I counted my maxes and I can lift about 945 lbs or more. I think 1k would be nice, then a real 1k where it all happens in a day. Then more. You know what would be a fun bench? 275. More fun than that? 315. That would be pretty.
I'm not as flexible as I ever was, but the absence of pain has helped me reach old and now new levels of strength. I'm calling the labral tear issue "dead" as while I have a tiny residual lack of flexibility, the pain is gone and my strength is back - if not greater. Overall I'm better than I was today than before surgery.
Hmm what can I get chopped up next!?
