Gym pic and yet another PB!

I am really loving my training at the moment.  I’m PB’ing all over the place!  It was one of my goals to sumo deadlift 100kg – as probably going on close to a year ago before I injured myself, I did a couple of reps for 95kg.  Sumo’s (wide leg, close grip) are easier than regular deadlifts.  So, as you know if you read my last few blogs, I recently rack pulled 100kg.  Yesterday we were going to rack pull but the equipment needed wasn’t available so I suggested to my TP that we deadlift instead.  I was a bit worried about my back though, and after a warm up set I nearly canned the idea as I felt a bit of strain in my lower back.  He came up with an idea to lift the bar of the floor a bit more by stacking 3 20kg plates on top of each other, which would help avoid stressing my lower back too much.  I started with a set of 10 at 60kg, then another set at 80kg.  Then put another 10kg on and did about 6 I think.  Then I got very excited and said I wanted to go heavier – added another 5kg, and did 4 at 95kg.  I was told to rack the bar and then set myself each time, and this is actually harder as you aren’t using momentum. This is my best yet and I think even the 90kg may have been a PB too.  So, since I’d done 95kg I thought I may as well have a crack at 100!  I did and managed 2 reps.  I was very happy with myself J  A few hours later I noticed bruises on my knees from where the bar must have been hitting me on the way down!  The workout really wiped me out – we went on to do lat pulls, close grip pulls and straight arm pulldowns, and then some biceps.  I had to sleep not that long after I had my post workout shake.  It was the 3^rd day in a row that I had trained – something I shouldn’t really do.  But, we are traveling today – as I write we are on the road, to visit Damien’s mum in hospital in Adelaide.  I couldn’t train this morning so had to squeeze in a workout on Thursday.  Cardio has been a bit scarce of late, but, that’s ok, other things have to take priority at the moment.  Pretty happy with how my diet is going, though I am still enjoying my wine a little too much! 

I got a few pics taken in the gym the other day – I am loving my shoulders in this one!  I’m actually really happy with my arms and shoulders at the moment.

It’s now less than 3 weeks til we leave – I do believe this time in 3 weeks I will be somewhere over LA.  Must go to Telstra and check out what I need to do to make sure I can log on to email while traveling.

I was really happy with the article in WHO magazine on Amanda – such a beautiful photo of her – she looks like a model and not one bit out of place in the pages of a glossy magazine!