2016-11-28: Monday morning Squat PR 172.5kg

Took the weekend off to go to Galway to visit a friend that had invited me to a weekend thanksgiving dinner.  Great little trip.  Went there Saturday morning, returned Sunday afternoon.  No time for lifting.  However, this meant I entered the gym well rested this morning.

Todays lifts:

Barbell Squat

2x5x20kg

5x40kg

5x60kg

3x80kg

3x100kg

1x120kg

1x140kg

1x160kg

1x172.5kg PR

Bench Press

20x20kg

5x40kg

3x60kg

3x80kg

1x100kg

5x112.5kg

4x112.5kg

3x110kg

5x100kg

Heh, I was aiming for 5x5x112.5kg.  That clearly was not going to happen today.  Oh well.

Barbell Seal Rows

Friend of mine indicated I should try these out instead of the Pendlay rows I've been doing.  So why not, they have a nice specialty bench for this at my Gym, so I could do this without setting up any rickety, unstable, hacked up thing myself.

5x20kg

5x40kg

3x60kg

5x5x50kg

First time I did these.  I had expected to be able to do heavier rows.  The 3x60kg was bloody heavy, and I probably could've pulled up a 4th rep, but I knew I couldn't do several sets of them.  Reduced to 50kg, which went reasonably OK.  

This seems like a decent exercise.  Certainly more fun than the Pendlay rows.. and it felt like it exercised my back better.  Dunno if I'll have equipment to do this easily in my new Gym when I move to Norway in a weeks time, but it'll certainly be something I'll keep doing when I have the chance.

Wife's lifts

Barbell Squat

5x20kg

5x5x32.5kg

Bench Press

5x20kg

5x5x30kg

Barbell Row

5x5x35kg