Best Of

Since I was 13. So about 19 years or so. I didn't get "serious" into it until I was in high school and running track/playing football.

I took a pretty serious break after the kids were born. Its been about 3 years or so since I did anything even remotely close to lifting. I find that getting back into it is easy but staying consistent is the hard part.

Since we're going nuts and sharing things, today was a good day for me.

I can 100% say the following:

I've done 405lbs for Squat
I've done 225lbs bench
I've done 205lbs power clean
I've done 485lbs dead lift (for a set of 5. I've not done more because there literally isn't weight available when I do it. Sad panda)

Yeah, the posture thing is crazy. I definitely pay more attention to slumping/slouching, especially after working on the computer for a few hours, and try and keep my shoulders back more.

So here we are. A little recap of where I started:

3-6-2016 First benchpresses in over 10 years
3-19-2016 First barbell squat
3-19-2016 First deadlift
4-7-2016 140lb 1RM benchpress (calculated, with bad form and painful shoulder impingement)
4-9-2016 145lb 1RM deadlift (calculated)
4-9-2016 145lb 1RM barbell squat (calculated)
4-19-2016 Began Starting Strength routine
4-19-2016 First overhead press
4-19-2016 84lb 1RM overhead press (calculated)
1-12-2017 Began 5/3/1 routine
4-2-2017 Tested strength after ~1 year of lifting

So here we are, my 1RMs, as of April 2nd, 2017, just over 1 year after I started powerlifting for the first time in my life.

Deadlift 1RM @ 240lbs
Overhead press 1RM @ 100lbs
Squat 1RM @ 220lbs
Bench 1RM @ 130lbs

Also tried for some other bodyweight benchmarks for some other ways to gauge my progress over the next year.
At 147lbs with shoes and clothes, I did the following:

Standard plank @ 2:15
Side plank on each side @ 0:45
Pullup @ 5 reps
Pushup @ 29 reps
Chin up @ 4 reps
Dip @ 6 reps

I'm feeling really good about the program I'm on now and I can't wait to see where I'm at in 2018.