Chris Dorr suggested this morning that trying to do 5 1RM measurements in one sitting would be a lot. Well, he was right. We managed two: bench and deadlift. We're going to do squat tomorrow. Then, we're calling it a day on these.
Ralfe Sean also proved prophetic. Nancy and I have not been pushing the 1RMs, and it shows in our numbers, particularly the bench. Due to shoulder issues, I had not done a bench press in a while. The thing I found was that it was difficult to get power off the bench. I only did 180. I could probably do more in a close grip 1RM.
Deadlifts were a somewhat better story. I stopped at 220, but I thought I could get a lot more. It's just that I started too low (180). On that one, I have back fears.
So, it seems the task we have set ourselves is to focus on improving on these basic exercises. We'll see how things measure up in a month or so. Here's our 1RMs:
- Bud
- Bench: 180
- Deadlift: 220
- Nancy
- Bench: 120
- Deadlift: 125
At least you guys got a good starting point to go from. It's going to be interesting to see where you guys go from here on out. How long are you going to be doing a hypertrophy phase and then are you going to work into a pure strength phase?
Posted by: Chris D. | May 31, 2006 at 08:55
I actually responded with a post.
Posted by: Bud Gibson | May 31, 2006 at 22:59
What a joy to find smooene else who thinks this way.
Posted by: Mellie | May 05, 2011 at 13:31