Grunt!

Chest muscle extravaganza day! Bench press! Dumbbell chest flies! Pushups against a bar! I definitely pressed 105# several times, then failed to press 115#. So for 115# and 125# we did eccentric work, which is to say, Trainer Jeff lifted and I lowered very very slowly. We also really worked on good bench press form, with my shoulders doing the right things and my entire body solidified. All of this is in service of some day doing a proper, excellent, perfect pushup.

I could press the bare 45# bar all day, I think.

Then, tons of leg stuff. Leg press with 90# plus whatever the press sledge itself weighs. Lunges. And squats. I stood on wooden blocks and did sumo (aka wide stance) squats with 85#, 95#, and 110# dumbbells. The heaviest was work just to hold onto, though of course I was turning the dumbbell on end and holding one of the weight clusters.

Also, hip abduction and adduction, and I can never remember which is which because I always do them in pairs anyway.

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