Strength Challenge - Week 6 check in

Made it to the gym 3 times this week. Again each session is 2 sets, 25 reps.  Two at work and once one weekend.  Weekend workout misses a couple of lifts. 

Hey gentlemen!  Looking good so far.  Matteight, good looking 50-70% spread...MiketheBear, you're going to come back strong after recovering from being sick...and you know what putting on a little more muscle mass means???  Yep, weight-loss!  (Kind of ironic)  More muscle gained from this challenge will be more active muscles to burn calories all through the day....jcjsc00, nice jobe with the 3-a-week total body workouts...about 65 total sets!  Nice.....

One thing I noticed after charting this stuff week-after-week is the way the body grows...kind of in 'rotation'...for example chest can be flat-lined for a few weeks, but then shoulders or back are the muscle groups breaking the barriers...and vice versa...

Exercise	Goal Weight	Last Week 10/09-10/15	This Week 10/16-10/22	% of goal
Flat Bench Press	280	170	210	75+
Narrow Grip Bench	190	130	130	68
Squats	280	130	-
Bent-over Row	190	140	140	74
Wide-Grip Pullups	75 Reps	30 Reps	35 Reps	46+
Straight Barbell Curl	140	90	-
Military	190	120	130	68+

I've been playing behind the scenes now for a few weeks with a couple major muscle exercises and a couple of small muscle exercises to supplement my training.  I'll post my goals now and add on to the list once the HIM is over.  I need to take some body measurements as I'm already getting a lot stronger.  Ron thanks for listing WG Pullups, I haven't performed these in forever and holy cow does the body ever respond to those!  One thing I do know is that I need to go out and buy some 50-75 lb dumbbells if I'm going to focus in on other exercises.

You're a man after my own heart.  Wide-Grip pullups are the best!  There is nothing better then getting strong on 'natural bodyweight' exercises like this and pushups.

Looks good last week! 

That's me this year to the T.  I've lost a good deal of BF getting in the best cardio shape of my adult life and a couple of weeks ago my wife said, "your too skinny, I liked you when you had bigger arms", women!  I remember 10-20 years ago lifting a lot to try and get my lean mean weight above 175-180 lbs, this year I go below 175-180 fat lbs for the first time in years and all I get is @#$% for it!