Day 45

Just got back from the gym where I did my closing CFT for my Starting Strength cycle. Overall I'm pretty pleased with how it went. My shoulder's still bothering me, but just doing single reps wasn't too bad so I just went with it.

Bodyweight: 168.5

Squat: 45 - 2x5, 135 - 1x5, 185, 225, 245, 265, 275, 285, 300 (fail), 300 (fail)
Press: 45 - 2x5, 65 - 1x5, 95, 105, 115, 125, 135 (fail)
Deadlift: 45 - 1x5, 135 - 1x5, 225, 245, 275, 315, 335, 350

I'm fairly pleased with this. Not quite as much improvement as I was expecting...I was hoping for my weights to go up as much as the 5 RM's had, but no luck. I got a little anxious on the squats, and tried for 300 instead of just going up by 5 or 10 like I probably should, and could have, but in the long run I don't think it makes a huge difference. Looking back at my previous PR I'm a lot more happy than I was with this at the gym. 40 pounds on my squat in ~1.5 months is great.

The press is still by far my weakest point. Doing a max was weird though, whereas with the 5 RM I have trouble getting it off my shoulders sometimes, on the 125 I had trouble getting it to lockout. No matter what workout I do after this I'm going to start implementing some 3x5 press before or afterwards a couple times a week.

Deadlift was awesome. I went in hoping for 350, and got it. I probably could have gone a little higher, but with my shoulder feeling like it does I didn't want to chance it. I used straps on the last 3 lifts, didn't really feel like I was losing my grip yet, but I just didn't want the grip to be what kept me from hitting the lift.