There was one border I could never cross, though. I wanted to be able to bench my own body weight, but I just can’t. Apparently I started too old and it would literally take me the rest of my life just focusing on bench presses to reach that goal or something.
I’m hard-capped at 45kg. Add even 250g on that (I tried!) and my left arm goes down, goes back up about half-way … and then can’t go any further, no matter how hard I try and no matter how long I try for. At 45kg I can do 10 reps if I push myself hard and don’t mind a day or three of pain across my chest and in my left elbow. At 45.25kg I can’t do shit. It’s really weird.
Even though I can squat 150% of my body weight, give or take. (As my bastard trainer put it: I have sturdy peasant legs. He seemed to think that was a compliment!)
Yeah, after six months of hitting that wall I stopped trying to push it and have switched to maintenance only.
I mean I’m still stronger than 99.44% of the women my size (and probably stronger than about 80% of the men I meet day to day). Not bad for someone who was wallowing in depression, right?
Those are incredible results Z! Being able to lift your partner shows real strength and belief in your strength. Well done
There was one border I could never cross, though. I wanted to be able to bench my own body weight, but I just can’t. Apparently I started too old and it would literally take me the rest of my life just focusing on bench presses to reach that goal or something.
I’m hard-capped at 45kg. Add even 250g on that (I tried!) and my left arm goes down, goes back up about half-way … and then can’t go any further, no matter how hard I try and no matter how long I try for. At 45kg I can do 10 reps if I push myself hard and don’t mind a day or three of pain across my chest and in my left elbow. At 45.25kg I can’t do shit. It’s really weird.
Even though I can squat 150% of my body weight, give or take. (As my bastard trainer put it: I have sturdy peasant legs. He seemed to think that was a compliment!)
That’s frustrating. Everyone has a limit, even olympic greats though. The fact that you’ve hit the limit of what you can do shows how well you’ve done
Yeah, after six months of hitting that wall I stopped trying to push it and have switched to maintenance only.
I mean I’m still stronger than 99.44% of the women my size (and probably stronger than about 80% of the men I meet day to day). Not bad for someone who was wallowing in depression, right?
Not bad at all!