Another mini goal

I was talking to my nephew the other day, who plays footy in the reserves. He's not a really big guy in comparison to some footballers, and only 18/19 - so I was curious as to how much he can bench press. The answer - he can do sets at about 80 kgs! Now I'd guess he weighs about 80kgs, and I think if you are seriously into power lifting you have to be able to press about your own weight. Mmm - that means I should be aiming to press between 50 and 60 kgs - eek!

What can I press now? Well I'm doing sets of 25 at the moment - but I put another 5kgs on the bar and managed to do 2 at 30kgs. I also had a go this morning with the weights my husband had put on - with him spotting - 39kgs - I could hold it but not push it. So I guess my max is somewhere between 30 and 39 - but pretty close to 30.

So I've set another mini goal. I want to be able to press 50kgs. I don't know how long it will take me to get there, but if I keep the focus on it, I don't see why not.

And this should also help with my other goals in pushups, one handed pushups, clapping pushups and pullups (still cant do them.) Surely if I can bench press 50kgs I should be able to do a pullup!

Oh - and more for my records than for anyone else - yesterday I did one point (one armed) rows with 12.5 kgs dumbbells- Woo hoo! Thats the most weight I've ever done with one arm anti gravity.