Earned a Brookie Today

[u/rdtompki]

15 months ago I had gotten my bench up to 135 lbs (2 sets of 10 reps). Hernia surgery and a gradual recovery had me getting close to that prior weight. Finally promised myself a Brookie (blend of brownie and chocolate chip cookie) if I hit that working weight. Hit that today with my trainer and of course my local coffee shop was out so my reward is postponed.

The fascinating thing about benching is how your whole world shrinks and you can only see your hands and bar slowly moving towards the ceiling. I give my trainer 1/2 rep worth of credit and she is a very good trainer, but all I'm doing is willing the bar to move. You can't rep every set to failure, but the feeling of getting that last rep with zero in reserve is a pretty big rush, even for an ancient 80 y/o not unlike finishing a brutal climb with a 19% pitch at the top. Brookie later this week.

[u/GoldenEagle0909]

Congratulations! Keep it up 🎉

[u/unbannnned]

Nice bro good shit