Stay the course

I was scheduled to do deadlifts this morning but had been dreading it since Friday morning. Thursday was squat day and due to some scheduling issues (kids, work and wife) I had to push my deadlifts to Saturday.  So when I got up on saturday I was seriously considering going to the gym and hitting some bench press. But I didn't.  I told myself not to be a wussy (with a p) and get it the garage and pull some weight.

So as punishment,  I decided to test my max. I ended up working my way to 415lbs. Not bad since I was using a training max of 380lbs. Just goes to show you that your body does what the mind tells it.

Training with a purpose

Over the last few few years I've been lifting weights without a purpose. I told myself that I was doing it to lose weight and stay healthy. Unfortunately that hasn't been enough to keep me focused on my goal that's never really been there. So last week (while watching powerlifting meet on YouTube) I finally came up with a goal.

I'm going to enter and compete in a powerlifting meet. More to come....