I took last week off from training to just recollect and figure some things out. I was going to take off Saturday from training too, but then it worked out that I got to train anyway, which made me super happy. I trained at a commercial-ish gym for the first time ever, and honestly it wasn't really that bad. Definitely not a place I would want to train long term, but it worked out for deadlift day.
So, Saturday was deadlifts and I was satisfied with how everything turned out, even training somewhere new wasn't totally horrible. Tonight I trained bench. It was a while since I had benched, so I decided to just re-do my 205 bench day. I got one less rep, but it's going to take a little bit to get used to a different bench. Either way, I'm still figuring things out and just taking it one day at a time.
I am committed to doing BOB3 in August at 165. This will happen, regardless of whatever crap I'm going through in my personal life. Training cannot suffer, not now. I started up my "diet" today too. It's so funny because I don't even think of it as some kind of diet anymore. I'm just paying a little more attention to what I put into my body...I might've had icecream like every day for a week, but we won't go there. Anyway, my weight is still awesome, but I've decided it is probably best I get as close to 170 as possible for this meet. I'm not sure i'll be mentally prepared for a water cut, for a lot of different reasons. SO, I have less than 10 pounds to lose, and 3 months to do it, and no starving will take place. It's taken a while for me to find this middle ground, but I'm so happy with where I am at, I can't sacrifice that for anything...especially not a weight class.
and the goods...
Deadlift: 135x2x3, 185x3, 225x3, 275x3, 315x5x3 Rack Pulls: 375x3x3 Pull Ups: 10/10/5/5/5/5 (everything was so tight, it was impossible!) Hammer Curls: 10x20 & 15x20
Bench: barx2x8, 95x3, 135x3, 185x3, 205x4x3, 205x11 Pause Press: 165x3x5 (5 second pauses) Side Raise: 10x10 & 15x10 Rear Raise: 10x12 & 15x12
