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22 sats \ 9 replies \ @Aardvark 17h \ parent \ on: Workout Week/Report From a Lazybones #6 HealthAndFitness
It's just a document on Google sheets. And let me tell you, there's nothing more motivating that going back 5 years and seeing you maxed out on bench press at 155lbs for 3 reps way back then.
that's interesting. Perhaps would incentivize me some, I guess
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Where It helps me is when I feel weak. I'll hit a plateau or just feel like I'm not making any progress, so I go back and look.
A weird thing happened to me while lifting. I started feeling weak up until I benched 225. At that point I felt extremely strong compared to people who don't lift, but then as I got towards the 250s I realized that I'm extremely weak compared to people who are actually strong.
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Always a bigger fish, haha. compare yourself to who you were yes, not who someone else is today
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It's hard, when I hit 300, my first thought was "Hell yea!" Followed closely by "it's not 315 though"
I'm sure I'll eventually hit it, but the next big jump is 405 for 4 plates on each side, and that doesn't even seem like a real number. People do it all the time though.
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Shit, crazy.
But yeah, I know this feeling from doing pull-ups with more and more weights: once you hit X, you're like "maybe X+5 is possible!!"
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