minor progress

Hit a small personal goal in the gym this week with a squat of 315. It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to get over 300. I’m going to try for 350 by the end of the year. With a current 365 deadlift that I want to try to bring up to 400 by the end of year I’m feeling pretty happy with my progress. If the shoulder holds out I’m going to start working on my bench again. The long term goal is a 300, 400, 500 for bench, squat, deadlift. I did a pretty easy 275 bench before shoulder surgery, so I’d like to get that back in shape.

I’m about halfway through the Cressey training cycle. After that I’m planning to focus on power lifts and cutting some weight. I found a great power lifting cycle that I want to start in January to try and really bring up my strength and building a little bit of size. The one thing I’ve really learned from Cressey is to cycle effort rather than constantly blowing out every time I hit the gym.

September 10, 2008 | Filed Under personal | Comments Off