What A Difference A Week Makes!

After last Saturday's disaster, this Saturday's session was so much better. I did my overhead presses first:

20 for 10 reps x 2 sets
30 for 8 reps x 2 sets
40 for 5 reps x 2 sets
60 for 5 reps x 3 sets (that's a new personal best!)
50 for 8 reps.

Then I moved on to deadlifts and did the following:

50 for 8 reps x 2 sets
70 for 5 reps x 2 sets
90 for 3 reps x 2 sets
110 for 3 reps x 5 sets
90 for 5 reps
70 for 8 reps.

I was really pleased with that. My body is beginning to adapt to coping with heavier weights. Only three weeks ago I was rejoicing at lifting 100 kilos once. Here I am already doing five sets of three with 10 kilos more.

The big danger at this point is to get carried away with progress and try too much too soon. This whole process has to be structured, the only variation being if something feels just too easy. My next deadlifting session will be on my birthday (Wednesday), when I simply repeat Saturday's session but add one rep to each of my sets with 110. Then next Saturday I'll try for five sets of five, and once I can hit that I'll test my 1RM in the session after that to see how much it's improved. No silly straining, busting-a-gut stuff, just a test to see if I can pull 130 yet. If I can do five fives with a weight, lifting an extra 20 kilos for a single should be achievable.

I'm going to keep this writing format from now on. Numbers first, then words. So if the numbers mean nothing and you want to focus on the words, it should be easier. Likewise if you want to call in and see what I'm lifting without having to plough through the verbiage!