My dad's birthday today. He's 22 years older than me and he goes to the gym three times a week. His upper body is still big and strong and he tells me one of these days he'll come and do a powerlifting meet.

My light raw bench day turned into a heavier raw bench day, with Carmine, Chris and Shawna.

bar x reps

135 x about 15 focused on being tight and pushing with the legs

225 x 10

275 x 4

275 x 4

275 x 3

275 x 3

pause bench

245 x 4 reps only.

Felt good again tonight. Feeling stronger and more determined than in a long time. Relaxed and strong. 

Today we started a new diet, well actually made a commitment to eating cleaner, more protein this time with carbs. Back to eating steaks again. I feel like making a real effort to eat more total food and calories. It's time to start increasing my lifts.