Two-fer today, and witnessed an impressive deadlift Pr

One of the base gyms I frequent is going through a renovation and at first I thought it was closed.  Actually it has been relocated, and is now crammed into 1/2 the basketball court.  When I got there, a sailor already had an "eight pack" (405 pounds) loaded on the bar from the squat rack.  So I warmed up and asked to work in when he got to a decent weight.  YEAH RIGHT!  I went right to overhead presses but still kept an eye out for his lifts.  While a bit younger, he was moving 405 pretty easily at a bodyweight around 210.  Then he added 2 more 45s.  Quick math-getting close to 500 here, which isn't too common especially on that base.   He adds the 5 pounds to even it up and makes the lift!

So while I'm happy with how my workout went, still got a way to go.  The two-fer is related to the remodel-since the locker room is closed, the base pool locker room is doing double duty.  I haven't swum laps in too long, so I decided to swim a quarter mile.  Wow-I am out of shape'for swimming!  To think I averaged about 2 miles a week for years is humbling!

Getting back into the swing of things

After taking a couple of weeks off, and some lighter workouts last week, this week I started another rotation of Stronglifts 5x5.  I dropped the poundages, but between starting lifting again and a whole slew of medical/dental work, I am sore!  It's a good sore, and I'm ready to get back in the gym tomorrow for workout "B" (squats, presses, and 1x5 deadlifts).  It will be good to see how presses and DLs go-I was pretty close to grip failure on DLs but have dropped about one-third in weight, and presses are heading back up close to my traditional stall area.

Guess what else I did this evening?  I went for a run-walk, my first in a long time.  Don't tell anyone!  Running is probably my least favorite aerobic exercise, but makes the most difference when time or equipment (like a pool) is limited.  I'm sure I looked bad but fortunately after a few minutes things started coming back.  Still the slowest Navy diver ever!

Have a good and active weekend-