northback’s BodyBlog

Today was great.  Not only did I set a few PR’s tonight- but I also reached a major milestone for Testicular Cancer survivors at officially 5 years cancer-free (actually last treatment was early Oct 2002).  Went to the gym afterwards and hit the legs hard.  Excuse me now while I go open a good bottle of wine

back to legs tonight and start off with a couple PR! (*)

Front Squats
1×15 135
1×7 205*PR (tied)
1×6 205
1×7 205*PR (tied)
1×4 215*PR
1×10 185

Regular Squats superset with ski tucks & tuck/jumps
2×7 275
1×7 295
1×12 225

Hamstrings/Leg Curls
1×10 160
1×7 180*PR
1×6 180
1×5 180 + 1×5 140

Box Jumps
4 x 25 each superset with ski tuck/jumps

BB Lunges
1×10 135
1×8 155

BB Side Lunges
1×8 90
1×8 90

Calf Raises (Icarian)
1×20 3 plates
3×12 4 plates
1×20 3 plates

Leg Press (wide stance/toes facing out)
1×10 5 plates
1×8 5 plates + 35lb
1×8 6 plates
*these were burning, good times!

overall: 9/10 - great workout overall.  strength was up in just about all major lifts.  The front squats were tough- I really made sure to go low and get a good squeeze on each rep.  Probably the reason my legs felt like jello when I went back to reg squats.  Couple more w/o with the front squat beat downs and then will try to start with reg squats to gauge gains.

Not bad for a guy 5 years removed from the Big C, eh? 

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