Good leg workout, still taking my time with weight but after today I know I can full well take on more than I'm doing.
I did my squats as follows
135x12
185x8
205x6
Plan next week is to push up to 225lb on the last set. I want to hit 315lb x8 as the goal. From there I'll push on of course but thats the first goal.
Deadlifts also went well, again could have easily done more but not wanting to push myself too far. Deads went as follows.
135x12
225x8
275x6
Really paid close attention that I was looking in the mirror at all times so that my face and chest were as vertical as possible. Still felt it in my lower back, but it was clearly a burn and not a strain. No pain what so ever. Grip was also rock solid. Pretty happy with this, considering I haven't been in the gym in an easy four years and deads and squats were never part of my routine.
I have spent the last several years working with engines, and moving engine blocks around that weigh in access of 200lb and they don't come with handles like a bar does.
One thing I noticed is that I wasn't sweating after deads, I was raining. I couldn't believe it, I've never sweat like this. Perhaps the cleaner diet or drinking more fluids through-out the day.
Push day on thursday.