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Reached 400lbs for my trap bar deadlifts. I feel good about that. Enjoy the sounds I made.

Doing 360lbs with trap bar deadlifts for my first time. It’s over twice my weight. Was doing 340lbs today and it felt pretty easy, so I decided to push it, and 360lbs didn’t feel overly difficult. I feel proud of myself. I think I’ve been responding well to doing my trap bar deadlifts every other week.

Today I set a new bench press PR with 217lbs. It’s been a bit since I increased the weight, so it felt good. I’d like to get more reps in next time, so I’ll use the same weight.

I’m very happy with my progress on weighted pull ups. Currently pulling 42.5lbs on my belt, and weighing around 170lbs. Liking the narrow neutral grips most.

310lbs for 3 sets of 5. Good session.

I really enjoy inclined dumbbell rows. I like using a bit of momentum, especially since it’s a safer exercise than an unsupported movement. If you’re going to use momentum or cheat in a lift, then just know that it’s not always the safest or most effective thing to do. For instance, deadlifts are not an exercise to cheat on. Find what feels best for you. If it’s something no one has ever done, it’s probably stupid to do.

Doing lighter Swiss bar bench presses today at 172lbs (bar weighs 22lbs). I recently set a PR for reps with 212lbs. Been pushing myself to get new PRs in several exercises for a few months, so I might work with slightly lighter weights for some exercises for some time since I’ve been feeling a bit beaten up at times in some of my joints. Not sure how long I’ll work with reduced intensity, but I’ll definitely get back to further strengthening myself in time.

This is a PR for me. 230lbs is the highest I’ve worked with so far, which isn’t impressive, but I’m happy with my performance. Did 6 reps during the previous set. I don’t know my exact one rep max because I don’t care to test it. I actually was feeling like I had low energy today, but I pushed myself to workout and this is what I got. I’m not saying that you should ignore what your body is telling you, but just because you’re tired or having an off day, it doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to have a great workout. You can learn a lot about yourself when you challenge those feelings. Have a good Saturday everyone!

Doing some weighted pull ups as part of my regular pull up routine. Feels good

I’ve been improving on my Bulgarian split squats a great deal these past few months. Really enjoying the progress and the lift in general

On the last few reps of this seated calf raise variation. I wanted to give more attention to my calves, and these are great. Just set the bar on the safety pins in a power rack. You’ll have to find the height that works best for you. A bar cushion can help a lot, especially for heavy sets. Having plates or something to elevate your feet can allow you to have a larger range of motion. Take a quick pause at the bottom of each rep before pushing up. Lower with control and try to go for higher reps (up to 30 or even more), or you can load up heavy for maybe a third or more of the reps. You can do several sets. The calf muscles can handle a lot of use. Find what feels good. If you’re in a gym with a seated calf raise machine, you can just use that instead of this variant