Gym update

Just got back from a beasty gym session, and i'm pretty sure I've found my max shoulder press and power clean weights for the next few weeks. SP: 40kg and PC: 50kg. I couldn't finish the last rep, on the last set for the press, and the first set for the clean was a bit wobbly. But I adjusted my balance and then was fine. Although it felt like i'd been dead lifting 80kg for 3 sets by the time i'd finished which I wasn't expecting. I may look to up these work sets in Feb, but for now they seem fine where they are. And where they are is pretty fucking hard for me.

I also added some dips, some bicep curls and some myotatic crunches in with todays workout, as now I've found a few weights where i'm comfortable, I'm going to be doing a few more exercises in my workouts rather than just the 3 per session as outlined in Starting Strength. So basically SS is going on hold until my next bulk up, when I can eat enough to fuel the muscle growth between sessions and start lifting heavier. But regardless, the 2 month stint of SS has done me well, and has upped all of my lifts (still finding a top weight for the dead lift).

I wasn't surprised at the dips, 3 sets of 6 reps was pretty taxing, not least because it was near the end of my session and I've not done them since early December. The bicep curls were a different matter. 3 sets of 8 reps @20kg were pumped out pretty easily. I probably had 2 or 3 more reps in the tank on the last set, which I was pleasantly surprised at, as I've not curled since probably before the last time I dipped, and when I did I wasn't doing much more than 20kg. So i'll be upping that shortly.

Anyway, I just wanted to put it on here that from February, when I'm in my flat, im gonna add an extra component to the workout regime: pushups and pullups in the morning. Not sure how im gonna structure it, or when im gonna do it (probs not every day, but still at least 3 days a week), but thats what the next 2 weeks are for. And then after that running in the morning....but thats for another post.

Dan