January 4, 2021

Monday is the first non-weekend, non-holiday date on the 2021 calendar.  The party is over and it's time to make something big out of this year.


WEIGH-IN:

Weight: MISSED

As much as I try to step on the scale daily, sometimes my day takes off faster than expected and I forget until after I've eaten breakfast or in some way skewed the factual data.  On those days, not bearing to have a blank entry in my spreadsheet, I wait until the next weigh-in and then extrapolate the missed entry or entries as necessary.


FOOD INTAKE:

UNRECORDED / MISSING

This is something else that happens, only it happens a lot more than forgetting to weigh in.  It's a tricky thing to always have a piece of paper nearby to write down what I eat when I eat it, and at the end of the day it's surprisingly difficult to remember each meal.  By the next day it's pretty much hopeless so if I haven't compiled the food intake as I live out my day, it generally ends up lost.  And that is the case for today.


EXERCISE:

Late :: Redmond, OR – Redmond Athletic Club
• Resistance: Bench Press
     – 135 x 8 / 155 x 8 / 175 x 6 / 195 x 3(s) / 200 x 1
• Resistance: Incline DB Press
     – 40 x 8 / 45 x 8 / 50 x 6 / 55 x 6
• Resistance: Arnold Press
     – 30 x 8 / 35 x 8 / 40 x 6

2021 Push-Ups: +0 / Total: 50

The first workout of the new year!  I wrote out a "pace car" on my wall calendar for reaching 315 pounds on the powerlifts by December 31st.  While I'd like to think I can get there a lot faster, the current rate means this week I want to hit 180 on each one.  As the opening Bench Press of the year, and after weeks of no gym, I got it up to 200 and probably could have gone a little heavier but I'm content with ramping it back up slowly.

For those who are actually intently studying this stuff, "late" just means the workout started so close to midnight that some or most of the workout technically took place on January 5th as I crossed over the midnight line.

And (s) means "safety": This is when I did not technically "fail" during a repetition, but sensing that I was getting close and not wanting to risk getting stuck under a barbell or otherwise injured, I stopped short of my goal on purpose.

Benching 200 to start off the new year.