Fight Against Gravity

Super max today!! 🙂

This program is kind of an experiment. The idea is to find my max then go higher and push, isometrically, against it. Because of the nature of exercises, these are all started from the bottom.

Squat
Pin	Height	Name	Weights used	Super Max
8	Top of the thigh	Rock Bottom	135, 225, 315, 365	365
10	Belly Button	Half Squat	315. 405, 425	425
12	Bottom of Ribs	Quarter Squat	405, 455, 475, 495	495
14	chest	lockout	495, 585, 675, 765	> 765

Standing press
Pin	Height	Name	Weights used	Super Max
14	chest	Strict Press	135, 185, 205	205
16	throat	Half Press	135, 185	185
18	Nose	Quarter Press	135, 185, 205	205
20	Overhead	Lockout	135, 185, 205, 225, 245	245

A large part of today’s workout was finding the right weights to use for future workouts. Additionally, it was just a matter of making myself comfortable with the workout. So far, I’m not so impressed but I have learned some things too. it appears one of the most important things (at least in my mind) is to be using a weight that is just barely over your max. You have to know you are capable of doing it otherwise it’s just too easy to quit. On the times where I felt like it wanted to move, I always wanted to try again and I noticed I was pushing harder.

Did some rack pulls from pin 6 as well, double overhand. Pulled to 405.

While I was working out I saw a guy doing one of my favorite exercises I love to hate and hate to love. He was doing barbell lunges. I know from previous conversations he weighs about 160 – 165 lbs. Based on the colors of the plates, he was doing walking lunges with 80K or 175ish lbs. That means he was doing walking barbell lunges with a weight over his own body weight. I decided I need to add them back in. That’ll be in a couple weeks though.

 I’m off tomorrow, I thought I would need some recovery. It looks like i’ll be recovering from monday more than today. That’s ok though.