Focus

Read a great article on leangains.com.

Takeaways:

1) Need to keep doing what I'm doing even if weight loss progress slows for a week or two. Water retention can do funny stuff.

2) Need to become OBSESSED with Java.

04 Feb 2011 Recap

(Couple days late).

First week of second cycle of Wendler's 5/3/1.
Today was Bench day.
Workout looked like this.

Goals:
150 x 5
175 x 5
195 x amrap
BBB: 160 x 5s x 10r


Hit all the weights, ended up getting 195 x 9.
I'm happy with these #'s for now. I'm more happy that my lifts continue to climb while my weight drops.


The lift I did was actually a mistake though. To arrive at my #'s I just added 5lbs to every lift I was doing at this point in the last cycle. A few of the lifts may have been off by a few lb's.

My next workout, squat day, cycle 2, week 1, will be (based on a 340 max)

What's your max?340
5 reps * 220.0
5 reps * 255.0
All out reps * 290.0 (Haven't done 290 before, no record to break)
5 sets * 10 reps at 187.5 (2.5lb increase from last time):

Update

Haven't written for awhile.
Since last writing I've:


1) Completed the first "cycle" of Wendler's 5/3/1. (I like it. Wendler is a genius).

2) Lost a bit more weight while continuing to have lifts go up. (Was at 280.1 this past weekend). (Total weight loss = 24lbs).