SATURDAY'S TRAINING

Incline Bench Press


Worked up to 250x9 + 3 + 1

Military Press


Worked up to 165 x11 + 4 + 2

Lying Triceps Extensions


Worked up to 90 x 8 + 3 + 2 (lost some ground on this exercise)

Rack Pull Ups


Worked up to BW x 10 + 4 + 4

Corner Rows


I skipped these this workout.
Not a bad workout, not a great workout either. The focus just wasn't in the workout today.

Saturday was still a fun time in the gym as Noel was in town for the weekend and she and Laura (my wife) were going to do some heavy deadlifting. Noel had basically strained her neck in Thursday's training session but she spent an hour with my ART guy on Friday night getting things worked out.

Saturday marked the end of her 8-week bulk so she just planned on trying to hit a PR in the Push Press and a PR in the Deadlift. Laura decided to sneak in on the Deadlift action and go for a PR as well.

Noel, as she said in her blog hit a 145lb Push Press, which is awesome. I got a video of it that I'll get uploaded. She can post it on her blog.

She also worked up to a 325lb deadlift - impressive considering what she started at.

Laura worked up to a 260lb deadlift, but what has to be remembered is that she's only 113lbs, so that makes that a 2.3x bodyweight deadlift - to put it in perspective, that's equivalent to me hitting a 535lb deadlift at today's weight of 232lbs. Impressive. I remember when she first pulled 135 for 1 rep.

I got video of both those deadlift PRs, which I'll get up shortly as well. It's always impressive to see women, strong women, hauling around the big weights.

All in all a fun day in the gym.

Posted Nov 05, 2007 by Erik Ledin.
This entry is filed under Training Journal.