Zen and the lifting of heavy things.

So, I haven’t updated, but I have been lifting. In a month my squat has gone form 110 to 180, my bench from 80 to 120, my deadlift from 100 to 210. My press has only gone from from 40 to 60, and vertical rows from 40 to 66. But shoulders, eh, you get that. It’s a start. When I go home I’ll be joining a powerlifting gym and get tips on my form – that will mean dropping the weight, I suspect, to refine things, but then I should be able to add more confidently.

Also, 8/5 pullups, 10/7 chinups. Wewt.

Next week I start training, informally, as a trapeze catcher/base. Which means a lot more upper body strength. So I have started routines according to the New Rules Of Lifting.  Deadlifts on Friday, we’ll see how that goes. Squats are already awkward without a rack – I might have to do them at work after all, where we have a cage.

No more jogging – the weather is lousy, and I wish all those calories to go on my upper body, rather than sweated into the ether. My weight remains constant at 82 kg, give or take. Which would be 80kg if I cut my hair….

Bleh. And I know, I’m nursing an injury, and I know, I’ve just run 7K. Still bleh.

db rows: 2×8@54

Front raises: 2×8@22

db squats: 2×12@44

Vertical rows:2×12@44

Bicep curls:  2×8@22

kb lifts: 25/20@54

num-dip-crunch-super-invert: 23/25/30/45s/40s – 22/25/40/45s/40s
(That’s writing numbers, dips, leg raised crunches with 22lb weight, superman and … superman the other way round)  Could have gone harder on the first set, judging by the numbers on the second.

db flies: 3×8@25.

Front raises:  3×8@25.

Bicep curls:  3×8@25.

kb lifts; 2×20@54

Push-num-dip-crunch: 40/25/30/30

So up a little from last time – the shoulder is still sore, but I think strengthening. I doubled my jogging distance yesterday!

db flies: 3×8@22.

Front raises:  8@32, 8@22.

Bicep curls:  3×8@22.

kb lifts; 2×20@54

Pushcrunchdips: 30/20/20/30 – pushups, numbers, dips, crunches. The crunches are done as slow as possible.

This, again, is maintenance on a dodgy shoulder. Trapeze tonight, also.

db rows: 2×8@54

db flies: 2×8@35.

Front raises:  2×8@35.

Bicep curls:  8/6@32.

kb lifts; 2×20@54

Pushcrunchdips: 30/24/20

And I jogged first, of course. And in 2 hours I have silkls, and after work, trapeze. Wheeee….

db rows: 2×8@54

db flies: 2×8@35.

Front raises:  8/7@35.

Bicep curls:  7/5@32.

kb lifts; 2×20@54

Pushcrunchdips: 30/24/25

Nearly back to where I was when I stuffed the shoulder, and taking into account silks training yesterday, I’m pretty happy! And, of course, I jogged this morning.

db flies: 2×8@32.

Front raises:  2×8@32.

Bicep curls:  8/5@32.

kb lifts; 2×20@54

Pushcrunchdips: I dunno, I forgot to count. One set, 20s for everything.

And I’m jogging 5 days a week. Trying to work out if lifting 3 days a week will make me weaker for trapeze or stronger. I think I’ll keep it up – lift in the morning on the usual days, and trapeze in the evenings.