Summer is here, so I'm dedicating more time to swimming and hiking. Also spent around 6 weeks traveling and not lifting weights. I dropped around 8 lbs. of bodyweight from my last partials cycle and lost a little bit of strength on some lifts, but nothing dramatic. Kind of enjoying being lighter. At this age, the only numbers I'm really concerned about are my bloodwork results, and I'm hoping those have improved with the weight loss.
Pressing was good, with singles just a bit under my all-time bests at a higher bodyweight. I hit a PR on the incline press, and am getting much more comfortable with this lift overall. Inclines do not seem to bother my shoulder as much as flat bench presses, which is weird.
Squats went well, with small PRs on both back and front squat and not much shoulder/knee pain.
My deadlift seems to be suffering the most. I've added a few extra upper back and hamstring sets throughout the week, and it seems to be holding back my pulling. The best I've deadlifted in regular training was 510 lbs. x 3. But I was able to match my all-time best for a single. Not terribly alarmed over this because I really don't care how much I pull for reps, but it's an interesting data point.
Seated overhead press 265 lbs. x 1, 285 lbs. x 1, 230 lbs. x 8 (went for a PR with 300 lbs. and failed)
Bench press 400 lbs. x 2 (410 lbs. failed)
Incline bench press 315 lbs. x 8, 370 lbs. x 1 (PR)
Squat 525 lbs. x 4, 530 lbs. x 3, 565 lbs. x 1 (PR)
Deadlift 510 lbs. x 3, 585 lbs. x 1 (tied PR)
Front squat 410 lbs. x 1 (PR)
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