Strength And Fitness Training

I’ve decided to change over from the Starting Strength routine to a version the Texas Method. Perhaps if I wasn’t also running three times a week I could have eeked out more from the novice routine but I’ve got several trail races and a half marathon to run this year.

So the new routine has Monday as a volume day, with the increase in volume I’ve been guessing at starting weights:

Squat: 115kg 5×5 – This was my fist squat session with a belt and it was big improvement.

Bench Press: 75kg 5×5 – went well, might have been able to start a little higher.

Deadlift: 147.5kg 1×5 – thankfully not as cold today so my grip wasn’t suffering quite so much.

I really enjoyed this workout and a few hours later I feel like I’ve had a good start to the day.

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