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| Lifting Weights @ Prairie Stone Wellness Center in Hoffman Estates |
This has been an interesting year! I've been away from this blog for almost 6 months. Fortunately, my absence from the blog is not because I have not been working out.
This year I resolved to work on both my running and my weight training. In my youth I did a lot of heavy lifting. In the last few years I've developed my running skills. This year I wanted to see if I could work on both fitness goals simultaneously.
So far so good!
I've curtailed my running. I'm running about 10 to 12 miles per week and lifting 3 to 4 times per week. On some training days I run and lift weights.
Although max lifts are not my focus, I cannot resist testing myself on my favorite exercise - the bench press! I'm at 275 lb max bench press. I did this a few weeks back at a body weight of 205 lbs. That's way off from the "glory days"!
Back in 1989 I achieved a max bench press of 305 lbs at a body weight of approximately 185 lbs. I'm not sure if I can get back down to 185 lbs (I'll address that in another post), but I think I can get up to 305 lbs again.
I'm really enjoying the combination of running and weight lifting. I feel great!
