Today's workout was.. just OK I guess. After steadily incresing weight on pretty much everything I had to stay at pretty much the same weights as last time on a lot of the exercises.
Deadlifts:
1x12 of just the bar for warm-up
1x12 of 55
1x12 of 60 (up 5lbs from last time)
DB Shoulder press:
2x12 with 12.5lb DBs
Latt Pulldown:
2x12 of 60lbs
Lunges:
2x12 with 10lb Dbs in each hand (up from 10lbs total last time)
Ball crunches:
2x12 with 25lb plate to chest (up 15lbs from last time... they were way easy)
Notes:
-Deads feel like I'm finally doing them right. Went up 5lbs and my legs could definitely feel it... but my grip is terrible! I'm gonna try a mixed grip next time and see if it helps.
-Presses were fine. I probably should have tried a couple with 15s for the 2nd set, but I'll do that next time.
-Lat Pulldown was rough today. Last time I did the 2nd set at 65lbs and it was rough, this time I did 60lb for both sets and it was pretty rough. I guess I'm stuck at this weight for a little while.
-Lunges started to get better so I went up in weight and used 2 10lb Dbs instead of a 10lb medicine ball. They felt good... but I feel the quad of my non-working leg more than I think I should... any ideas why???
-Finally got the ball crunches to a fairly challenging weight. Actually the roughest part was holding the 25lb plate to my chest, but my abs could take it.
Nutrition-wise I've been doing a little better. I've been trying to get my calories up a bit and my protein intake isn't too bad. There's always room for improvement, but I'm workin on it