Making new baselines

3x1 low bar back squat (5x135, 5x185, 3x225)1x265,1x285,1x290(f)
3x1 shoulder press (5x85, 3x115) 1x135 1x140(f), 1x140(dna)
3x1 power clean (5x111, 3x155, 2x175) 1x199(f), 1x199, 1x204(f)
4x1 bench press (5x95, 5x135, 2x185) 1x[225,215,210](f), 1x210
3x1 deadlift (5x135, 5x225, 3x275) 1x325, 1x345, 1x355

Fun times!  I'm going to make an old style graph to put in here soon.

Opted to do a CFT-style test of my 1RM in the five different lifts I've been focusing on.  If we consider this a strict CFT challenge then technically I totally failed on bench (three failed attempts) but then got the fourth one to stick after the deadlifts.  Overall, I feel like this is a general success, particularly since I hit a new PR on every lift!

Compared to about 2.5 months ago, I increased about 40lbs on the squat, 5 lbs on the bench, and almost 40lbs on the deadlift.  I haven't done a 1RM for shoulder press in a very long time, maybe 5 years in fact, but it looks like I've gone up about 15lbs from then.  First time doing a 1RM for power cleans, so it's an automatic PR.

New squat PR

Alright, went to the gym to see whether I could get a new PR since I've been doing all of these squats.  I did it too!  Compared to last time, my squat went up about 20 lbs, though my DL is still about 20 lbs shy. Also, I don't think I've ever tried to max out on bench, but looking here and here it seems my max was likely somewhere around 155-160, so that's a big jump as well.

3x1 lo-bar squat (10x45, 5x95, 5x135, 2x185) 1x245, 1x255(f), 1x250(f) (then 5x185)
3x1 bench (10x45, 5x95, 5x135) 1x185, 1x205, 1x215(f) (then 5x155)
3x1 DL (5x133, 5x199, 5x287) 1x317, 1x331(f), 1x325(DNA) (then 10x155)

My left elbow is still getting quite sore from holding the lo-bar squat, so I might try doing high bar for the next few days.