I had a delayed start to the training year. Just wrapped up my first cycle of 2025 with a few new PRs at a lower bodyweight than my last cycle.
Been messing around with standing presses, which I haven't trained in years, I was disappointed to discover I'm pretty weak. My overall pressing strength has gone up since I last trained standing presses seriously. But I've lost the standing press "groove", and my midsection feels too weak to support appreciable weights overhead. So I've started using standing presses as a warmup on my shoulder day to build up to a respectable poundage again. If I'm pressing 300 lbs. seated, I should be doing 240-250 lbs. standing, which would be close to my all-time best.
Squats went smoothly, and the front squat with 420 lbs. was downright explosive. Bench and incline bench presses moved great. I aimed for 425 lbs. on the flat bench press, but that went up so easily I took another shot at 440 lbs. and nailed it.
On deadlifts, I failed 600 lbs. for the second time in a row. Should probably revise my current one-rep max down to a more realistic 575 lbs. and take it from there.
Squat 505-545-585 lbs. x 1 (PR)
Front squat 420 lbs. x 1 (PR)
Standing overhead press 205 lbs. x 1
Seated overhead press 275-300 lbs. x 1 (matched PR)
Bench press 405-425-440 lbs. x 1 (PR)
Incline bench press 380 lbs. x 1 (PR)
Deadlift 505-550-575 lbs. x 1
Bodyweight has stayed below 210 lbs. this week. So I've dropped 5-6 lbs. but still hit several new 1RMs, which is encouraging.
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