Week 28, Day 1 and Conditioning

"Heavy"

Overhead Press

153/5,5,5 (last set was the most difficult.. still getting used to doing OHP again)

Bench Press

137/5, 157/4, 172/3, 202/2, 222/1, 242/1, 252/got about 3/4 of the way up, but ultimately failed.

242/1 wasn't too difficult, so I thought I'd be good for 252. Perhaps doing the OHP first took it out of the cards.

Upright Rows
(EZ Bar)

85/10,10,10,8,8 (about a 1 minute break in between each set)


Single Pulley Pushdowns
* Short Straight Bar, Reverse Grip

50/15,15,11 into 45/4, 45/10 into 40/5, 45/15 (about a 1 minute break in between each set; a bit of a longer break before the last set)

I found the reserve grip to be more difficult than the standard grip.


Yesterday

Did the following yesterday before playing basketball:

1 minute of strict form sit ups (39), followed by a 300 meter sprint (49 seconds :/), followed by max strict form pushups (26 :/)

I will probably do these more often when I do 300 meter sprints to try and improve my numbers in each. These events are much harder when they are done back to back instead of just on their own. (as one would expect)

July 4 is this Thursday. I haven't checked if the gym will be open. We may be slacking with the fitness schedule this week, unfortunately.