Big Pull - Galan Style

I got my Big Pull in this morning and I was pleased with the results. In fact, I hit all-time highs on Squat and Dead Lift. I'm sure I could squat more coming out of high school, but I never maxed out. Anyway, I hit maxes greater than December 2007 which were my previous maxes before I broke my leg.

The bench press yielded the same results as December 2007. I was a little surprised I didn't increase there. I guess I'll push for some gains over the summer.

Start time 4:50a.m. I did a quick warm-up 2 minutes on the treadmill at 6 mph.

Bench Press:
Used the Bench Press Machine at Snap. I don't know if it has a specific name, but it wasn't free weights on a bench. I'll assume zero weight for the bar itself, because its negligible.

180 lbs x 3
230 lbs x 3
270 lbs FAIL
250 lbs x 1
260 lbs FAIL

MAX BENCH: 250 lbs.

Squat:
I used the Smith Machine which says the bar resistance is 15 lbs.

195 lbs x 3
285 lbs x 2
335 lbs x 2
365 lbs x 1
375 lbs FAIL

MAX SQUAT: 365 lbs.

Dead Lift:
I didn't remember the squat bar being 35 lbs as Matt indicated, I always used 30lbs. So I wanted to be sure, I weighed myself, grabbed the bar and weighed again, then subtracted the difference, 29.5 lbs so I'll round to 30 lbs.

210 lbs x 2
300 lbs x 1
350 lbs FAIL
320 lbs FAIL

MAX DEAD LIFT: 300 lbs.

GALAN'S 5/18 MAXES:
MAX BENCH: 250 lbs.
MAX SQUAT: 365 lbs.
MAX DEAD LIFT: 300 lbs.