3 wheels.

To quote Stone Cold Steve Austin… “OH HELL YEAH!”. 🙂

“Week 3” – BBB 3 Month Challenge

• 5/3/1 – Deadlift (working max: 325#)
  • 1x5x135 (warmup)
  • 1x5x165
  • 1x3x195
  • 1x5x245 (work)
  • 1x3x280
  • 1x3x315 (PR)
• Asst. #1 – Squat
  • 5 x 10 x 135
• Asst. #2 – Ab Wheel
  • 5 x 7 x BW (from the knees)
• Foam Rolling

3 Wheels. 315# deadlift. That’s awesome. Again, I had to limit myself to only 3 reps due to the “BBB 3 Month Challenge” (which is 2 more than you really are supposed to do, but hey….). I felt like I could have cranked out another 3-5 reps; it felt that good, that strong. In the grand scheme of it all, I’m still not strong; Bill Kazmaier can sneeze more than that. 🙂 But for me, it’s one hell of a PR and I’m thrilled with it. I do feel I’m starting to move into the realm of “not as much of a wuss” as the general population. So, I’m good with that.

In fact, I started looking at numbers and planning, and so long as I stay healthy and things progress reasonably well, I could be on track to join the 1000# club by the end of this calendar year. I plan on keeping progress steady, there may be a reset in my future too, so we’ll see how it all goes. I’ll get there either way, just a question of exactly when I’ll get there.

Because that said, my right knee is feeling weird. Kinda unstable. I’m a little unsure and nervous about it. I think my leg/knee angle when squatting may be a factor here, so I’m paying more attention to it. I am also willing to bail out of the 3 month challenge if it puts my health in jeopardy… the 70% squats, if it’s going to break me well… I don’t need that. I do this to make my health better.

So with that in mind, I’m not sure I’ll keep doing the ab wheel. It hurts my head, bad. When I’m doing it, it starts to feel like I’m going to pop a vein in my head. It’s the most intra-cranial pressure I feel doing anything. Even after my walk home, while just talking with Wife my head still hurt. I don’t think that’s good. I really love how the movement feels, I’m getting better at muscle involvement and making it a good work for me… but the head pressure is NOT good. Exhaling while I contract helps, and I even found myself relaxing more during the final sets helping too… but it’s still a lot of head hurt, in the bad way. I may be willing to experiment with it a little longer to see if technique can change it, but if not well… it’s going to go.

In the end tho, I’m just stoked at this PR. The next “obvious milestone” PR for me is 225# on my bench press, 2 cycles away. Of course, every cycle has PR’s, every cycle is milestones. That’s why I say “obvious”.

I’m still smiling tho from the PR. I mean… I had that 3rd rep up, and just stood there holding it, looked at myself in the mirror, and felt damn good. Next up, 325#. Onwards.