Squats & Deads at 1.5 x Bodyweight!

I’ve had a couple of weeks off the weights since I wrote my last entry and I was starting to feel rubbish about it! I’ve had a few bits on and just ended up not hitting the gym, what a lazy git! I managed to get back down there this week though and I was pleasantly surprised with the results of my workout last night.
Normally after a couple of weeks off I find my strength has dropped and I have to work back up to my previous figures over a couple of sessions but last night I didn’t get that for some reason. I blasted myself with a full body workout which comprised of deadlifts, squats, bench press, bent over rows, seated rows and chins. Although I wasn’t lifting quite my usual weights (only just under though) I felt like the reps were coming easily and pushed and pulled more reps than I usually do at the higher weight range.
The only thing I can think of that might have helped is that the previous session I managed three PB’s on squats, deadlifts and bench press. For squats I managed a couple of reps at 125kg’s (I did a third but that was with a spot) and deadlifts I lifted 108kg’s for 5 reps. So now I am hitting both these lifts at 1.5 x body weight which I am chuffed with. For bench press I lifted 80kg’s which is not much better but still better than nothing!
I’m back down the gym tomorrow for another FB so I’m looking forward to getting the weight back up to my previous PB’s. I also really need to try and concentrate on getting my back up to scratch due to not doing back work early on when I first started working out (prior to this blog). My bent over row is currently 20kg’s less than my bench so I need to put some effort into this. I think I will start putting this in front of any chest exercises so I’m a bit fresher for these and can hopefully shift some more weight.