
Originally Posted by
Giggle
It was a great night in the gym, and Marcus said to share occasionally.
Thanks to my increased intensity and focus, as you're teaching me, I was finally able to make progress! It was a crappy day at work, and I took it all out on the iron.
I know how you feel about 1RM's, but please remember that I am trying to get back my strength AND size, so I've been starting with powerlifting sets before moving on to true bodybuilding.
Finally got back to 125 on bench for 3 sets of singles, (I've been missing the 125 for several weeks straight - so this was a big improvement) then settled in for 5 sets of 4 with 105. This IS going to go up! No laughing....
Incline hammer press; 2 warm ups, then 2 all-out sets, the last one being a triple drop set. Really went for a big stretch at the bottom, and a hard squeeze at the top of all reps. Of the whole night, this drop set really fatigued me the most.
Flat DB; 2 feel sets, then one straight set to failure, then RP where I got another 3 reps
Decline BB press; it didn't take much weight on this one to fry my chest, 2 sets to failure. True failure - where they had to take the bar at the end.
Honest - I thank you all for your guidance! I sort of "hear" your advice when I'm in the gym. I train alone, so at least your words are with me. And right now it's still hard to hold my cell phone to my ear, so it must have been done right!
Have a good night y'all.