{"id":2820,"date":"2014-07-07T14:37:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T14:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=2820"},"modified":"2014-07-07T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T14:37:52","slug":"stronglifts-5x5-squats-225-lbs-bench-press-135-lbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2014\/07\/07\/stronglifts-5x5-squats-225-lbs-bench-press-135-lbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Stronglifts 5&#215;5: Squats 225 lbs, Bench press 135 lbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hit 2 milestones today: 2 big plates on each side for squats, 1 big plate on each side for bench press.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hS6uwpAiRPU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I can now squat more than my body weight.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and I did 5 sets of each workout in the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hit 2 milestones today: 2 big plates on each side for squats, 1 big plate on each side for bench press. I can now squat more than my body weight. Oh, and I did 5 sets of each workout in the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-workout"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-Ju","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2817,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2014\/07\/04\/we-finished-12-weeks-of-stronglifts-5x5\/","url_meta":{"origin":2820,"position":0},"title":"We finished 12 weeks of Stronglifts 5&#215;5","author":"Kim Siever","date":"4 July 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we finished the first part of the Stronglifts 5\u00d75 weightlifting programme. 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Here's the video: http:\/\/youtu.be\/fFdl9HzWDUw I did this set 5 times. That was the only good thing about today\u2019s workout. I failed on both my 120 lb overhead press and the 270 lb deadlift. I managed to do only 3 reps\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Workout&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Workout","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/workout\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/fFdl9HzWDUw\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":253,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2008\/03\/07\/workout-day-24\/","url_meta":{"origin":2820,"position":2},"title":"Workout, day 24","author":"Kim Siever","date":"7 March 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I worked out my chest and abs. 1. Oblique stretch: 60 lb 2. Crunches: 110 lb 3. Situps: 15 4. Incline press: 42.5 lb 5. Dumbell fly press: 27.5 lb 6. Pullover: 60 lb 7. 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