Shoulder Press

Workout 26 January 2010:

Shoulder Press 1-10-1-20-1-30 reps

Results: 140-90-145-75-147.5-60lbs (Total 657.5lbs)

Here's the new rep-scheme once again. My previous PR on the shoulder press was 145lbs which I held for well over a year, so it's about time I was able to go up in weight. The 147.5lbs was a struggle to get up, but not so much that 150lbs shouldn't be attainable reasonably soon. The 20- and 30-reps sets were painful and though I had to shoulder rack the bar a couple times near the end, I was able to put up each rep without having to set the bar down.

As with the previous heavy lifts with this rep-scheme, half of the difficulty of this workout is determining the best weights to use. See my recent posts for suggested weights.