First day of school - Week 1 - Day 1: Workout

Bench Press -
Set 1: 135 lbs x 5 reps
Set 2: 125 lbs x 6 reps
Set 3: 125 lbs x 5 reps

DB Shoulder Press - 3 x 20 lbs x (8-10 reps)

Tricep Rope Pulldown - 3 x 8 x Level 5

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 26 - Workout

Not too good of a workout today, I was busy so I just quickly tried bench. But after doing that I realized I was way too sore to do much. My abs are sore like never before since I worked it out for the first time last workout, and my back is really sore too for some reason.. So my bench suffered today, just did three short sets and left since I'd rather recover to do a real bench day later..

Anyway..

Bench Press-
Set 1: 135 lbs x 5 reps (However random guy spotting me helped of course ugh, prob could only really do 3/4 reps today)
Set 2: 125 lbs x 5 reps
Set 3: 115 lbs x 5 reps

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 24 - Workout

Worked out Abs for first time today, Legs, as well as Back + Biceps today. Combined workouts since the break is nearly over, and I wanted to make sure I get as many opportunities to workout in this final week as I can. I lowered the weight a bit on the Squats since it felt really heavy last time, and I didn't want to be exhausted after doing squats since I still had to complete the rest of my Back/Bicep workout. Good workout today I'd say.

Pull Ups - 8, 4, 3 - I passed my goal of doing 8+ in a row! 

Squat - 3 x 5 x 145 lbs - Pretty easy to me, made sure I went down past parallel

DB Row -  3 x 7 x 45 lbs (in each hand) - Need to get better with left side, kind of had bad form in some of last reps

Lat Pull down - 3 x 8 x 75 lbs

Barbell Bicep Curl -
Set 1: 50 lbs x 9 reps
Set 2: 50 lbs x 8 reps
Set 3: 45 lbs x 7 reps
Set 4: 40 lbs x 6 reps

Weighted Crunch Machine - 3 sets x 8 reps (Weight was set to level 6 for first set, level 5 on the rest, don't know what they are exactly though)

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 23 - Reviewing Goals

New Years day today, so gym closed. Anyway there is now just one more week left of winter break, so I thought it would be a good idea to see how I'm doing on the goals I set on the first day of break.

Here's what I wrote in my blog post from first day of winter break for my goals:

(Italicized is from old post, bold from today)
My Goal for these 4 weeks:

- I was 135.4 lbs at the end of summer, but lost a lot of it. I would like to gain at least 5 lbs and be 133.7 lbs by the end of winter break.
Currently as of yesterday morning, I weighed in at about 133.2 lbs, so I have gained 4.5 lbs so far. I still have a whole week left, so I'm on track to surpass this goal !

- I would like to at least be able be benching 45 plates on each side with ease again  for 5+ reps again
I just benched 45 plates on each side yesterday for 5 reps, so goal met ! However would like to work on getting it done with faster tempo, did the reps a bit faster in the summer.

- Be able to do 8+ pull-ups in a row again
I haven't really gotten a chance to test this, only times I've done real pull ups was while being tired and sore. I'll test it by the end of the break though.

- Get my arms back over 13.1+ inches at least.. (Currently only at ~12.65")
As of right now, my arms measured at a tad bit over 13.2 inches ! Goal surpassed!

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 22 Workout

Dam gym and their holiday hours.. I was going to go to the gym yesterday but it closed early. It also closed early today, so I had to wake up early and go gym immediately. I was a little sleepy going to the gym so not sure if it affected lifts, and also was rushed and couldn't get to shoulders part of workout since gym closed so dang early! It's also closed tomorrow as well, ugh..

But anyway, I still had a good workout today ! Chest and Triceps I worked out today. I finally was able to do 5 reps of 135 lbs on the bench today! Haven't been able to do that since near the end of the summer, so definitely getting close to same level of strength as before

Bench Press-
Set 1: 5 reps x 135 lbs (aka 45 lb plates on each side)
Set 2: 6 reps x 125 lbs (aka 40 lb plates on each side)
Set 3: 5 reps x 125 lbs (aka 40 lb plates on each side)

Chest Fly Machine -
Set 1: 8 reps
Set 2: 6 reps

Tricep Push down - 3 x 8 x 80 lbs

Now gotta start surpassing my old strength !

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 19 Workout

Today was legs, and I found out the weight of the barbell in this special rack is actually 35 lbs (not 30 lbs like I guessed), so guess I squatted more than I thought last week. Anyways, this rack feels like it'll break with just this weight even, so I tried to be careful.. I think I could do better once I'm back with a regular barbell and power rack..

Squat-
Set 1: 5 x 160 lbs
Set 2: 5 x 160 lbs
Set 3: 5 x 155 lbs

Only my second time squatting so yeah, will take some more time to get back to the level I was at before in this (was doing 195 lbs before).  I'm trying to make sure I get down to parallel at least now though, I think sometimes before I didn't go all the way down, which happens to be the hardest part..

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 18 Workout

Worked out Back/Biceps today, sore from yesterdays workout still but oh well

Pull Ups - 2, 3, 2 (Was feeling too sore to do much)

DB Row - 3 x 6 x 45 lbs (in each hand)

Lat Pull down - 3 x 8 x 75 lbs

Barbell Bicep Curl -
Set 1: 9 x 50 lbs
Set 2: 8 x 45 lbs
Set 3: 7 x 45 lbs
Set 4: 7 x 40 lbs

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 17 Workout

Well looks like gym was closed for whole weekend, so that sort of screwed up my workout schedule! But that's okay, just a few extra days of rest, shouldn't hurt me.. Anyway, I worked out Chest and Triceps today, feels good to be back in gym again today. Haven't benched since last Monday, so a whole week ago..

Anyhow, here's how it went:

Bench Press-
Set 1: 135 lbs x 4 reps (was quite tough.. did this much better at end of summer)
Set 2: 125 lbs x 5 reps (pretty easy today)
Set 3: 125 lbs x 5 reps (again, not too bad)
Set 4: 95 lbs x 10 reps

Just wanted to do bench with 45 lb plate today, was hoping I could do 5 reps with ease like before.. not quite there yet, but its alright I'm getting there. Definitely getting stronger, 125 lbs felt lighter today. Hope to get the 135 lbs for 5 reps down next time, will attempt it again next time!

Superset Chest Fly Machine - 8 reps

Barbell Shoulder Press - 3 x 40 lbs x (8, 7, 6)

Tricep Push down - 3 x 8 x 70 lbs

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 12 Workout

Today was Back and Biceps day. Legs super sore today, can barely walk but I guess that's expected when you go heavy after not squatting in such a long time!

Assisted Pull Ups - 5, 5, 5

DB Row - 3 x 5 x 45 lbs (in each hand)

Cable Row - 2 x 8 x 60 lbs

Lat Pull down - 3 x 8 x (75 lbs, 60 lbs, 60 lbs)

Barbell Bicep Curl -
Set 1: 8 x 50 lbs
Set 2: 8 x 45 lbs
Set 3: 5 x 45 lbs
Set 4: 7 x 40 lbs

Will have my rest day tomorrow, hopefully will be ready to bench again in two days!

Winter Break - Week 1: Day 11 Workout

Upper body muscles quite sore today after yesterday's workout, so worked out Legs today for the first time in quite a long time.. (I think since like August) I haven't done squats in forever due to hip pain, but decided it's time to do it again, can't let my legs lag behind anymore.

I did squats in some odd squat rack with I believe a bar that was at least about 30 lbs (instead of the usual 45 lb Olympic bar), it might've been more, but it's better to estimate low I guess to not inflate stats for future when I go back to school gym and do squats with regular bar.

Squat-
Set 1: 8 reps x 80 lbs (Each side of bar was 25 lbs)
Set 2: 6 reps x 100 lbs (Each side of bar was 35 lbs)
Set 3: 5 reps x 120 lbs (Each side of bar was 45 lbs)
(Main sets below)
Set 4: 5 reps x 150 lbs (Each side of bar was 60 lbs)
Set 5: 5 reps x 150 lbs (Each side of bar was 60 lbs)
Set 6: 5 reps x 150 lbs (Each side of bar was 60 lbs)

Could barely walk after doing these, been so long! I used to do 195+ lbs for reps in the summer, will take my time getting back up there.