I’ve been to Vegas for my 21st birthday so my workouts took a two week break which actually turned into a 4 week break because I lost motivation to get back into the weights. To be honest I had the fear that i’d lost a lot of strength and wouldn’t be able to lift the same weights.

I started again on 29 September but havn’t blogged because I just simple couldn’t get round to doing it so i’ll just keep a short sumamry for now.

I decided to drop my squat to 52.5kg (3 workouts) to be on the safe side so I didn’t stall too soon as I wanted to go well past BW squats.  I also dropped back to the bar weight on the press because i’ve always struggled with this. I think these were good choices as I found them both quite tough and noticed strength loss. I think I went back to the right weights since it was heavy enough for a good workout.

On the next workout I stalled on the bench after dropping back to 32.5kg so a bit of misjudgement.  I couldn’t even get 3 reps in the first set so just left that and plan on dropping the next workout.  I dropped to 72.5kg on deadlift but did not find this too hard just needed to practice form again.

I’m passed where I left off now on the squat and deadlift but still strugglin on the bench and press so have some catching up to do. Back to today’s workout (by the way i’ve moved my Saturday workouts to Sunday as I have less stuff to do on Sundays.)

Squat 3×5 65kg

Bench 3×5 32.5kg

Deadlift 1×5 80kg

I struggled so much with form on the squat here, not sure what it was but now i’m passed bw squats they are really tough.  Sorta forgot how to keep my form on here and my back really suffered, it felt like it was rounding a lot and I couldn’t feel my depth. Havn’t been recording since I returned as well so this is something i should do to get problems fixed.

Bench seemed alright but don;t feel stronger.

Deadlift is a brutal exercise and the feeling is so good. 1st rep was a bit sloppy and I think my back rounded.  Concentrated a bit better and got my hips and chest up and ripped through the rest of the set and extremely tired afterwards.

My bodyweight is now up to 132lbs which is good progress so i’ve been putting on about a 1lb since I first started.  Now is really the time to pump up the calories while the weights are heavy.  I havn’t taken photos yet but I do notice some slight changes to body. I simply can’t wear my original pair of skinny jeans so there’s only 1 pair I fit into now.  And my shirts seem to fit tighter.

I’m still lazy and lack discipline which is what I thought this programme would teach me in other aspects of life. Dunno if it’s just because I havn’t reached goals yet or I have a much deeper problem. I’ve still been pretty disciplined to this task and havn’t missed a workout except for that long break I had which has set me back about 6 weeks.

I aim to hit my original goals by the end of the year whichy means i’m gonna have to start gaining about 2lbs per week to reach that.

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