Boxing was cool today. Partnered up with a girl since my regular partner was absent. Today's combo was blocking a body blow and then countering with uppercut-hook-cross or uppercut-cross-hook, depending on which side the body blow landed. The workout was particularly good because I found myself blinking sweat from my eyes during the last round. I'd just been complaining how that hadn't happened in too long.
The reason might not have been the drill, of course. Today, instead of running around one small segment around the gym, as we usually do, we ran around the whole gym, since the varsity basketball teams weren't practicing. Less laps, but more distance, and I went at a pretty fast pace, outstripping the rest of the class. This resulted in my being winded for at least fifteen minutes, especially since right after running comes 40 crunches and 30 pushups. Eek. I'll push myself harder next time, too; it's miserable, but I guess it's the only way to improve.
The last time I benched, I failed on the fifth rep of my extra-credit 140 set. That was more than two fucking weeks ago, and I hadn't benched since then. I was also slowly recovering into the squat patterns, so I did a whole bunch of warmup sets for them all. That said, I'm pretty pleased with how well I've picked up.
Warmup sets
- Squat 5x45, 5x115, 5x185, 5x225
- Bench 5x45, 5x75, 5x105, 5x125
- Deadlift 5x45, 5x135, 5x185
Work sets
- Squat 5x245, 5x250, 5x255
- Bench 5x135, 5x140, 5x140
- Deadlift 5x220
Deadlifting feels good. Callouses on the hands are signs of success.
Tipped the scales at 177-178 tonight. Really loaded up for dinner.
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