Thanks miles I will take that to heart and strive to succeed on the press. I asked rip over at strengthmill why I was most likely sucking so bad. He said it's because I'm a noob and a moron and tried to make too big of jumps. And now I'm reading that 2.5 pound jumps are too big??? Anyway, I'll stick with 2.5 pound jumps until I stall again, reset, and then make 1.25 pound jumps I guess.
I ran into my dad at the gym today, and he used to be my workout partner until he got hurt pretty bad and stopped for a couple months. He was squatting 185 when he re-injured a ruptured disc in his back, and today he was squatting 150 for his work set. I'm really glad he's back in it again after basically starting all the way over a few weeks ago.
Anyway, for my workout today:
Squat Work Set:
235x3x5
Notes: Sorry for the butt-cleavage, I'll work on that. I really need a 2nd pair of eyes on these, it's been a while since I've had any feedback on my form. It felt ok, maybe not deep enough, hard to tell. Over all I am happy with my form compared to how bad it used to be. Hopefully I'm not messing anything up too badly and I'm in the fine tuning stage. Hmmm, def recorded 3 sets, I guess I forgot to upload the 3rd one with the video. Oh well, it looks the same as the first set.
"Rack Pulls" Work Set:
345x1x5
Notes: I fully planned on doing rack pulls when I got to the gym, but when I set the pins on the lowest setting they weren't low enough for the bar to start under my knees. It still felt kinda heavy, I don't even know if this was a legitimate exercise or not. I should have my power rack by the next time I do these so I'll be able to set them at a better height. I don't even think I made a full lockout on any of the reps, esp #4. Oh well, that's what the camera is for.
DB Bench Work Set:
60x2x5
Notes: I was short on time so I skipped the last set. I was also pretty tired after just sort of flailing the dumbbells around wildly without resembling much of anything. I was trying to improve my form from mile's advice but I seem unable to be good at implementing anything on the first try. Wtf is wrong with me? Anyway, bleh.
I had a pretty delicious post workout meal. It was a bunch of hash browns, some bacon, and this really awesome mixture of scrambled eggs, cream cheese and real bacon bits. Seriously, so so good. Omnonomon.