Max Effort Close Grip Bench 125lb

Like all of my other lifts, this one is less than what it used to be, but slowly getting back up there. Everything went well and felt pretty good.

WARM UPS:

BUS DRIVERS:

10lb plate x25

PLATE RAISES:

10lb plate x25

(no rest in between the bus drivers and raises)

CLOSE GRIP BENCH:

55lb x10

85lb x5

105lb x3

125lb x1

135lb FAIL

135lb FAIL

115lb x3

ACCESSORIES:

TRI. PULLDOWNS:

(60lb x12) 5x

FACE PULLS:

(Purple Band x12) 5x

CHEST PULLS:

(60lb x12) 5x

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I was so very close to getting that 135lb! it went down controlled, and I got about halfway, maybe a little less and my left arm just lost power. This is one of the drawbacks of working out at night. By this time of day, my lower back is already wigged out and aggravated. I know that if I had tried this lift with this weight in the morning, I would have made it. I believe 135lb was my previous max. It won't be too long before that weight's in the rearview mirror.

Sometimes I get extremely frustrated with my lack of progress. I get angry because I've allowed myself to fall backwards from where I used to be. Then there are rare moments of clarity when I realize that, yes, I have regressed, but I'm still miles ahead of where I started from all those years ago and I'm still miles ahead of where so many people my age are. I'm not really doing all that badly for a beat up 45 year old mama. Through all the aches and pains and injuries and setbacks, I've never given up. I don't suppose I ever will.