solarbird | Aug. 3rd, 2018

I started lifting again on August 4th, 2017; this is August 3rd, 2018, so it seems like a good time for a progress summary.

This includes the delta that happened when they replaced all the machines; some of them had different gearing and I ended up going down in weights on four. I've posted a column for "adjusted start weight," which takes the original weight down by the delta. I'm not sure that's really the most accurate way to do it, but it's what I've got.

	start	machine delta	adjusted start	current
Chest press	50	-15	35	90
Fly	50	-20	30	120
Wide grip pulldown	50	0	50	110
Row	50	0	50	170 (combined)
Overhead Press	30	0	30	60
Arm Curl	40	0	40	95
Tricep Press	55	0	55	120
Leg Press	85	0	85	245
Leg Extension	25	0	25	105
Leg Curl	65	0	65	115
Hip Abductor	100	-50	50	180/260
Hip Adductor	95	-50	45	180
Ab Crunch	50	0	50	140
Lower Back Extension	70	0	70	240
added later
Shoulder shrug (2017/9/20)	25	0	25	65
Straight bar pulldown (2017/9/20)	30	0	30	120
Calf Extenion (2017/12/17)	100	0	100	160

Some of the start weights really were a little low, and a couple of them have really rapid climbs on the first page of daily workout data. And some was definitely re-limbering. But a lot of this is straight-up strength gain.

The row exercise is a little weird, because it went from a single weight tied to a fixed two-hand yolk (both arms working the weight) to one where I alternated hands (one hand working the weight), so I combined the two individual hands for the current weight equivalent. The chest press did the same thing, but I use both arms at once rather than alternating (unlike row, where I alternate) and that's also the combined weight. That's also where I learned that my left side was really carrying my right side, and it took a couple of months for the right to catch back up.

Also, the second number on the hip abductor is a variation on the exercise (where you half-stand, like you're sitting on an invisible chair), and is the machine maximum. I'd maxed out the old machine too. It's now very easy but I'm still doing it.

I think I'm most surprised that the lowest (adjusted) full-year gain percentage is the leg curl, at 77% gain. I'd've thought it was overhead press (100% gain) or chest press (at... 157% gain) but I guess not. But it is now a lot more even with its opposite (leg extension) so that's good.