Today we had a big group doing chest. Joey is back from San Francisco. Kyle was there. Joe was there. Even Travis came back from a long while out. It will be interesting to see how long Travis sticks with it this time. Hopefully we won’t hurt him or scare him off like we did last time.

I seem to be running into a mental barrier at 265. I can’t get through more than 3 reps without help. Joe pushes me and gets me to do at least 3 negatives after I fail, but I really think I should be able to get 5 or 6 reps at 265.

Today I went up on Incline Bench and Incline Fly. My weight hasn’t dropped, though. Looking back on when I made my drop from 265 to 245, I was doing a lot more. Maybe I need to do more. I had been lifting pretty regularly for about 4 months without really losing any weight. Then I started swimming 2 or 3 times a week. A few months of that only helped me cut about 5 pounds. Then I started riding my bike to work and kicked up my swimming to 5 times a week. I dropped 15 pounds that month. Then I stopped riding my bike and cut my swimming back to 2 or 3 times a week. Then I stopped lifting and started gaining weight. Now I’ve stabilized, but I want to drop some more weight. I think that means I need to add something else to the mix. I want the answer to be more swimming, but I think it’s probably more along the lines of adding running or biking along with swimming.

Weight: 252.4

Flat Bench:
185/12 225/10 265/3(+3)

Incline Bench:
185/12 205/10 205/6

Incline Dumbbell Fly:
70/12 80/10 90/6

Bar Dips:
8 6 6

Incline Sit-ups:
20