Weight lifting progress

In my journal I started listed out the current gym records, and from my notebook, the starting weights for those exercises. It was a bit of a shock!

From September 2025 to March 2026, the increases from my starting weights are thus:

• Leg Press double 268lb
• Leg Press single 58lb
• Biceps 5lb
• Triceps 10lb
• Chest press 30lb
• RDL 65lb
• Leg curl 10lb
• Leg extension 10lb
• Lat pull 35lb

I started going to the gym in August 2025, working with a trainer once a week. I find the barbell hard to keep hold of, but the trap bar (a hex-shaped weight holder) is much easier.

Did not intend ever to be a gym rat, but going three times a week keeps the brain weasels in check, helps me sleep, and I'm building muscle.