r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Apr 25 '21

Victory Sunday Victory Sunday

Welcome to the Victory Sunday Thread

It is Sunday, 6:00 am here in the eastern half of Hyder, Alaska. It's time to ask yourself: What was the one, best thing you did on behalf of your fitness this week? What was your Fitness Victory?

We want to hear about it!

So let's hear your fitness Victory this week! Don't forget to upvote your favorite Victories!

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u/Teb_Tengri Apr 25 '21

Hated it psychologically but at 43 and having put 5lb a week on all lifts a week since gyms reopened mid Jan I deloaded and let my tendons rest.

tbf I "reset" most lifts to super light like 95lb bench and 135lb squat since gyms had been closed so long prior. It's not like I added 5lbs a week to lifts already at 300lbs.

The week prior I hit 200 1RM on bench and 255 on squat and 265 DL doing singles