This Past Week (5/30-6/5)

This past week was my testing week for my squat, bench, and deadlift. These sessions were the only training sessions I did all week as it was Senior Week at school and I wanted to be able to spend as much time as I could with my friends. I also wanted to give my body some good time to heal up as my shoulders, knees, and hips were not exactly feeling perfect.

My first testing day was Tuesday. I tested my squat on Tuesday and while I didn't hit the weight I was hoping to I know that I have definitely gotten stronger since Spring Break. Back in January I set the goals for myself of hitting at 500 squat, 450 deadlift, and 350 bench. I missed 470 on the squat twice, so clearly this goal was a little bit out of reach on this day.

Wednesday was my bench day and while I had set the goal of 350 I could feel that it was unrealistic to think that 350 would be lifted. I did, however, bench 315, which was a 15-pound PR for me, so I was pretty happy about that.

Thursday was my deadlift day and I could feel that a big weight was coming this day. My deadlift has improved significantly over the course of the past 7 months, and I truly believed that a 500-pound pull was well within reach. I chose to pull Sumo style as I feel I am stronger and under better control when pulling this way compared to Conventional. Well, long story short, I hit my 500 pull without the aid of straps, and I was VERY happy about this.

That was my last test for the week so I definitely ended on a high note.

Wednesday I also had some more work done on the site and things are really starting to come along in that regard. I also sent out the June issue of The Source on Thursday. If you haven't signed up for my free monthly newsletter yet, you can do so by clicking here and filling out your name and e-mail address.

Well that's all that happened this past week. Now it's time to go live this one.

Get big or diet tryin'.