HNT 15 and getting back to work(out)

I am just now getting back into my full workout after tearing some tendons back in May. The weights are considerably less than I was lifting before but that will take care of itself eventually. When I was in high school there were many saturdays spent at the school weight room during the summer. Coach Allen was kind enough to allow some of us to have keys to the school for working out if we wanted to although I am sure he was not supposed to. We could also go in the gym and play basketball or whatever but most of my time was spent in the weight room. I was hoping to get to compete in the state competition my junior year but someone mentioned that the "weightlifting team" tryouts were not open to everyone in school so noone got to go. My 3 lift total would have easily won state in my schools 3a classfication and I was a bit upset when I saw this. I was bench pressing 345 lbs, deadlifting 410 and although I hated doing them the squat was my best lift coming in at around 570 lbs. This was at the weight of around what I am now which is 210-215 (yes I am hung up on this weight but it will eventually drop some more one of these days haha)



Needless to say I am not quite as strong now as I was then. The last time I really lifted before starting back again this past January was towards the end of my junior year which would have been 1987. Along about 1993 or so a friend of mine had a gym and we had started working out again but by that time I had decided partying and beer drinking were much easier than lifting weights. Now 13 years later I am working out again. And it feels great......this pic is not the best but I was lazy this week and wednesday night snuck up on me (again)




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