New Personal Bests

[arpeejay]

I did 1RMs (One Rep Max) with Josh today. The new records are:

Bench: 1 x 250

Dead lift: 1 x 275

Squat: 1 x 455

The last one was kinda crappy but I sorta had to stand VERY upright for the bar to clear the stanchions. Still, it counted because I was growling! :-)

It's great to make progress, even if it's s-l-o-w!

xoxo

Richard

[Mdlftr]

Terrific!

I think the "lumberjack" side of your personality is coming OUT!

Congratulations on the new PB!

Mdlftr

[b.spencer]

Just call you Richard the BEAST. :-) Congrats man.

[arpeejay]

I need to get a lot BEASTLIER if I'm ever gonna catch up with you guys! :-)

Thanks for the encouragement!

xoxo

Richard

[Mslseeker65]

Oh Richard! You must post even more pics of you showing off your powerful, muscular physique! Let us see more of your everbetter muscledaddy-ness.

-slotz

[RyBearATL]

I'm not the one complaining about airline seats...Mr. Broadshoulders!

[hulkoutlvr]

Don't sell yourself short, Ry

Your shoulders are pretty beastly (and hot), lol.

Originally Posted by RyBearATL

I'm not the one complaining about airline seats...Mr. Broadshoulders!

[arpeejay]

Ry (and, yes, I *have* met him!) makes me look like a widdul girl!

xoxo

Richard

[hulkoutlvr]

If he's hotter than you, I'm afraid it would burn the corneas of my eyes to look at him!

Originally Posted by arpeejay

Ry (and, yes, I *have* met him!) makes me look like a widdul girl!

xoxo

Richard

[digger]

First off, Richard, big kudos. You're really making progress.

Second, the squat number is HUGE. I think I need to see a vid. Are you going all the way down to parallel? Yikes!

[arpeejay]

Originally Posted by digger

First off, Richard, big kudos. You're really making progress.

Second, the squat number is HUGE. I think I need to see a vid. Are you going all the way down to parallel? Yikes!

Many thanks for your kind words. I've never actually been in a vid, period, I don't think, much less one in the gym!

And it was close to parallel but not quite. As I said, I was having some difficulty clearing the stanchions (basically I had to stand on tiptoe to get it off the rack) so I didn't go down quite as far as I should have. Josh gave it to me, though, because I growled the whole way! :-)

xoxo

Richard

[digger]

When the bar is racked it should be at about the same height as your collarbone. Certainly not higher than that.

So how heavy do you go for the regular, non-1-RM workouts on squat?

Originally Posted by arpeejay

As I said, I was having some difficulty clearing the stanchions (basically I had to stand on tiptoe to get it off the rack) so I didn't go down quite as far as I should have.

[arpeejay]

I'm sorta *right* in the spot where if I stand up straight it's a little too high and for it not to be too high I have to hunch down a little bit. Which I don't always realize until I'm already doing it.

If it's just me working out (no spotter), I usually max out at about (10 x) 385. With Josh there, I can do 5 x 405. As I recall, in that session I did 10 x 225, 10 x 315, 5 x 405, 2 x 425, and 1 x 455.

xoxo

Richard