Day Two, Week Four: Squats--Plus New Personal Best!

Because my gym is closed today for Thanksgiving, I did my squat workout yesterday instead, and managed to lift a new personal best! In competition in June, my third lift was 480 pounds; yesterday, I did two consecutive reps at 490! A successful lift at 520 here in a week and a half seems well within reach.

Also, this morning I weighed in at 279.0 pounds. That leaves me with 9 days to lose 4 pounds. It's really coming down to the wire...

Squat Day
Exercise	11/4 2010	11/11 2010	11/18 2010	11/24 2010
Squat	135x10	135x10	135x10	135x10
	185x8	185x8	185x8	185x8
	380x5	410x4	440x3	225x5
	385x5	415x4	450x3	470x2
	390x5	420x4	460x3	480x2
	395x6	425x4		490x2
Seated Row	140x12 (P)	160x12 (Y)	170x12 (P)	170x12 (Y)
	160x12 (P)	170x12 (Y)	180x12 (P)	180x12 (Y)
	180x11 (P)	180x12 (Y)	185x9 (P)	185x12 (Y)
Hang Clean	115x12	115x12	115x12	115x12
	115x10	115x12	115x12	115x12
	115x10	115x10	115x10	125x10
Back Extensions	0x12	45x12*	85x12*	90x12*
	25x12*	60x12*	90x12*	90x12*
	45x12*	70x12*	90x10*	90x10*
* Plate/dumbbell held to my chest (P) Machine used at the PRO Club (Y) Machine used at the YMCA