when I walked in the gym last Monday morning, there was a painted chalk board on the wall. It had Men 750 / 1000 Women 500 / 800
my 1st question way, what do I get. Manager says, your name on the wall.
Anyway. I've laid off of lifting due to a pain in my shoulder. But I said lets see what this is going to take. So I did a little bench and hit 225 for 4 reps. went over and got loose on the deadlift bar and pulled 365 and finished with 315 on the squat. 905 combined, not bad for just testing the waters. Told the manager, I'll try it next Thursday (tomorrow). Thought I would get some lifts in and loosen up some. Well, that didn't happen but thought I could do it anyways. I put some numbers together knowing what I needed to do.
So this morning, I started on the bench. 255 - easy. Not used to the hold at the bottom. 275 pinned me. I'll take 255
Deadlift on the straight bar. 405 - it was heavy but it came up like I thought it would.
Squat. 365 and my ass was on the floor. Rethinking this whole thing.
But after some rest, I got it. Not going to lie, It was heavy.
So, at the age of 48 with a total of 1025 pounds, I'll be the top name on the board.
No other person has attempted it yet.
My EGO is satisfied and I'm going back to riding my stationary bicycle. I know if I set a date 3-4 months out, I could hit 1100 pounds, but I'm thinking "WHY"
My son is still going and has made good strides. He could hit a total in the 800-850 range, but he's like, don't want my name up there yet.
It was a little harder than I thought it would be, but I knew I could do it. But, it's a long ways from the 1470 in high school using the trap bar to deadlift with. 30 years ago it was 315 bench, 530 squat, and 625 deadlift trap bar. but 26 years of driving a mouse on a desk and not doing much but getting sorry and fatter, it happens.
thanks for letting me "brag" a little.
Question for you guys, what's your combined total? if you still power lift.
My bench sucks, and kind of always has.
my 1st question way, what do I get. Manager says, your name on the wall.
Anyway. I've laid off of lifting due to a pain in my shoulder. But I said lets see what this is going to take. So I did a little bench and hit 225 for 4 reps. went over and got loose on the deadlift bar and pulled 365 and finished with 315 on the squat. 905 combined, not bad for just testing the waters. Told the manager, I'll try it next Thursday (tomorrow). Thought I would get some lifts in and loosen up some. Well, that didn't happen but thought I could do it anyways. I put some numbers together knowing what I needed to do.
So this morning, I started on the bench. 255 - easy. Not used to the hold at the bottom. 275 pinned me. I'll take 255
Deadlift on the straight bar. 405 - it was heavy but it came up like I thought it would.
Squat. 365 and my ass was on the floor. Rethinking this whole thing.
But after some rest, I got it. Not going to lie, It was heavy.
So, at the age of 48 with a total of 1025 pounds, I'll be the top name on the board.
No other person has attempted it yet.
My EGO is satisfied and I'm going back to riding my stationary bicycle. I know if I set a date 3-4 months out, I could hit 1100 pounds, but I'm thinking "WHY"
My son is still going and has made good strides. He could hit a total in the 800-850 range, but he's like, don't want my name up there yet.
It was a little harder than I thought it would be, but I knew I could do it. But, it's a long ways from the 1470 in high school using the trap bar to deadlift with. 30 years ago it was 315 bench, 530 squat, and 625 deadlift trap bar. but 26 years of driving a mouse on a desk and not doing much but getting sorry and fatter, it happens.
thanks for letting me "brag" a little.
Question for you guys, what's your combined total? if you still power lift.
My bench sucks, and kind of always has.