big feat by someone with big feet

Did my first pullup yesterday in what's going on a year.
It's a start.
:)

Benched today.
Got 160 x 11 with the new power-lifting pause on each rep.
That pause makes all the difference.

Think my max, with regular form, still probably about 245.
I look forward to testing in a bit and finding out.

Also been either running or kettlebelling every day for the past few days.
Think it's helping.

Trying to unfuck my life

Trying to unfuck my life.
It's a truly daunting affair.

At times like this I'm truly thankful for lifting. It's one thing that I can control. That i can progress with.

Running

Talking to the recruiter it has become obvious I need to start running.
The ultimate goal is to run 2 miles in 13 minutes.
This will require some pretty radical changes.
But, I believe it is doable.

I'm going to approach running the in a manner similar to my 531 lifting approach.
Slow steps, and even slow progress, but that progress will be consistent and long term.

So, ran 1.0 mile today in 9:56.
Going to run 1.0 mile everyday, always under 10 minutes, unless it's a Squat or DL day.

After a week or two I'll move it down to 9 minutes. Then 8 minutes. Etc. And once I'm at 7 minutes, I'll start upping the distance.

Slow and steady, slow and steady.

Completed 2nd cycle of 531

This past week:
OHP'd 135 x 8, a new record.
Squatted (without belt) 325 x 4.


Building up my squat, beltless, while losing weight is a challenge. Much more so than building up my squat while fat and belted.

I also concluded my second cycle of Wendler's 531. I like the system, especially for me at this point in my training.