I'm DarkShadow. And This is my story.

Had 6 new PBs.

Few notables ones:

Squat: 180KG x8 w/ 8 backoff sets of 170KG x3
Strict Press: 90KG. Not trained this, so very very surprised.
Deads: 217KG 5X5 RPE: Lather me in honey

 
I wasn't really training to beat my squat, but I'll take it. New PR of +7.5KG. Currently 13 weeks in from a complete break of 4 months, it's fair to say I needed it.


As I'm expected to potentially stop training for a while, I did cheat this cycle a fair bit by over inflating my projected numbers as I kept hitting them. Keen to do this properly when time permits.

I strained my neck/shoulder on some Deads. I'm not feeling comfortable to beat my previous deads, so I'd be testing my bench this week, not sure how long I can hold off tapering my deads. Otherwise, I'll give it a miss now knowing I have a much higher projected max.
 

Something that's been sitting with me for a while, as my numbers are going competitively up, my desire to push is no longer there. I've been doing this for 13 years now and it was incredible. Those injuries really changed my life. My commitment to get better was, er.... ruthless.

My projections are now taking me to 270-280 and to be honest, I've worked a fraction as hard as I had previously. I've been hanging out here for a while but my focus has just been my topsets and just getting out of the gym ASAP. Life has felt significantly simpler over the last 3-4 years. I guess this was the silver lining in retrospect. I've not dieted for 7 years, everything feels optimal and I feel incredible.

I have no desire to squat more. Coming from 4 knee surgeries, the prospect of hitting 200+ at my weight was a dream and I'm just over it. So over it.

I love the outdoors and I'll continue to make more time for this and probably take on a few challenges across waters.

I guess my deadlift is the last rodeo I want to do but I'm not overly invested but it just feels right to pull it, I guess it's the last chapter I want to write.
 
x-post from gym thread. A year later... pbs.

Bonked the summer for cycling and restart lifting in Sept. This is my first block and it was blood HARD WORK. The first 4 weeks really paid dividends.

2 Lifetime natty goals:

180KGx10

250KGX4
 
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It's been a while but coming into Ramadan, I pushed through 6 new PBs (singles and Reps). For the first time both bench and squats had a whopping PR of 10KG each.

I don't feel strong due to tiredness but the numbers are coming through. I thought in my mid-30s progressing would be a PITA but it's still possible.

Singles PBs:
Squat: 220KG (+10KG gain)
Deadlift: 271.25 (+1.25KG gain - plate fell off)
Bench: 130 KG (+10 KG gain)


Reps:
Squat: 190KG x 7
Deadlift: 250KG x 5
Bench: 117.5 X 5

 
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