Friday, June 7, 2024

Spontaneously responded to a Facebook Marketplace ad for two 80 lb dumbbells and drove after work to pick them up. 




A little back-story: seated dumbbell presses were my jam back in the day. By eventually working up to pressing the 80s and 90s overhead, I was able to first press 225 lbs for 3 with a barbell in 2009. I've done them standing with one arm using a loadable dumbbell handle but being seated so the shoulders can just fucking piston a couple of heavy dumbbells up really gets me results.

My dumbbells jump from a pair of 50s to a single 100, then 115s and 125s, so having something fill that gap is nice. I've made do with my dumbbell handles before but they can be a pain to rest on your lap and more than once I've had the collars slide off and everything fall apart. Can't drop them after a hard set, either, since they break.

Came home and celebrated:

Seated dumbbell overhead press
80s x 3 x 8

Incline dumbbell press
80s x 10, 10, 11

Chin-ups
12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 15

Sandbag squats
200 x 10

Poundstone curls
30 x 110

The last time I remember sitting down and pressing overhead was 2010 and I was about 25 lbs heavier so it was awesome to find I'm about at the same level as back then.