estimates and reality
Several months ago, before my blood clot and being told to back off my workouts, I officially benched the 300. All the "1 rep max" calculators said I should be able to, so I tried it and did it. Not something I do often, and not generally recommended, but it felt satisfying to know I could.
Today, my plan was to be back in shape and do it again for my 50th birthday. The calculators again said that I should be able to do it. Sadly, they were mistaken. Maybe it was an off day. Maybe I’m not fully back up to strength. Maybe my warm-up sets were insufficient. But I didn’t make the lift after repeated attempts. Still, I was close. Did 275 twice on my way up with the warm up, but when I went for 300, kept getting stuck.
So, though today wasn’t the day, I’m still at it, regaining 6 months of lost strength, 2 months away from hopefully getting cleared medically and off the coumaden, and another half of my life ahead of me to keep growing and pushing.
September 6, 2009 at 4:07 am
I like your training ethic! Sounds like you never give up! That is great! Keep it up!
Wendy
September 23, 2009 at 9:54 am
Good work! Trying to get back mobility and keep strength. Haveing to rely on calculators becaus I realy should not be going under 5 reps with back. Good job!