Be Excellent To Each Other

It's just good to be back. The difference this time is that my wife has also started lifting. She's been doing spin classes for a decade but I'm not too convinced by them. I did them for a couple of years and never felt like it made a huge difference. The sort of thing you only notice when you miss a few weeks and go back.

I'd love to do 'real' bench press but I've not got a spotting partner these days so I'm just sticking to machine weights. I don't mind the compromise to make sure I don't get strangled by the bar!

I decided i needed to lose 5kg as I put weight on, 6 months in tot year only 7kg to go

Do you mean you've lost 2kg of negative weight?

Trainer unavailable, usual gym buddy off ill, I went deadlifting anyway.

The first two bits of equipment on my list were unavailable but I managed to not rage quit and started with number 3 instead.

I only completed my deadlift program because one of the other regulars, who I've never spoken to before, asked if he could jump in and alternate sets with me.

6x110kg was *hard* (especially as I was pre-fatigued by pull-ups) but I did it.

I didn't complete the whole program because I ran out of time, but I did a lot better than I wanted to.