So I am on week two of my revised fitness program. I think Cindy cutting down on meal portion sizes has already started to help. I dropped a pound and a half last week without thinking about it. On Sunday I did another track 5K at an 8:55 average pace, slow compared to what I’d like to do but faster than I have maintained in quite awhile and substantially faster than the 5K I just ran one week prior.
Today I super-setted bench pressing with pull ups. Throwing the pull ups in there definitely knocks down my bench press endurance. I again went no higher than 185 pounds with my reps. However overall it felt like a more effective total body workout than just all push.
On my last rep of my last set of incline bench press I came dangerously close to not being able to re-rack the weight. My muscles seized and my field of vision shrunk as I channeled whatever energy I had left into getting the bar up to the hooks to avoid an embarrassing and awkward fail.
Today’s Workout
5 minutes cardio/stretching
18 pull ups
Barbell bench press 135lbs x 10
12 pull ups
Barbell bench press 185lbs x 8
10 pull ups
Barbell bench press 185lbs x 6
10 pull ups
Barbell bench press 185lbs x 6
10 pull ups
Incline barbell bench press 135lbs x 10
10 pull ups (had to drop off and regrip for reps 9&10)
Incline barbell bench press 155lbs x 8
4 minutes A2G hold
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