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ergophobe

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Re: Core continuing commitment to health and fitness
« Reply #360 on: March 06, 2024, 09:47:30 PM »
>>1000 lb club

Good goal! Scary goal! Don't get hurt.

You have me thinking about just shooting for the 600 club. I'd be happy with that. I have a lot of running and climbing goals for this year, but no strength goals. I think for me that would break down as 250DL, 200 squat, 150 bench. Maybe a bit more on DL and less on BP I'm sorry to say.

For a while, I was trying to get back to a 305 deadlift, which is 2.2X bodyweight for me and fairly easy for 12 reps in my 40s, but just way way beyond me now. Many years of lack of access to a gym and I usually stop at 185 or 195 these days, and not 12 reps.

As for squats, I don't have a rack, so I can only front squat what I can clean from the ground. After a bit of whining about it, I decided that it's probably good for me to do that for a while so I don't get hurt.

I don't have indoor space for all that, but the master plan is to build an outdoor space that's covered so I can put a rack in there and make it easier to store weights conveniently and change weights and do proper squats.

For now my gym looks like this:
« Last Edit: March 06, 2024, 09:51:15 PM by ergophobe »

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Re: Core continuing commitment to health and fitness
« Reply #361 on: March 07, 2024, 10:32:29 PM »
>> several pats on the back

Thanks! One productivity-boosting thing I've learned over the years is to celebrate small victories.

I now have a set of three-pound dumbbells but haven't started using them yet.