Surprising planks

This morning I did another round of My Little Workout #1.  I hit a 1RM PR on the bench press.  I tried for 5# more, twice, but no-go. 

The planks!  The planks surprised me.  It's been a long time since I've attempted 2 minute planks.  I sailed through them!  Well, ok, I was sweating by the end of the 2 minutes, but I wasn't really shaking or pleading for the time to be done.  Wow!

The rows were very tough.  One weird thing is that the paint or coating on the handle started rubbing off on my hands.  Strange.  Not flaking, just discoloring my hands.  I think I mis-stated my weight on the DB pullovers last time.  The DB was still as it was for that workout and it was set at 40#.  I don't think it had been touched since then, do now I know why they were tougher than I thought they should be last time!

I started reading a book I purchased on youth strength training.  It's geared toward physical education teachers, but I was curious.  One of the first interesting things is that they consider "weightlifting" to be Olympic weighlifting and "strength training" to simply be building strength by whatever method.  I actually prefer my way of thinking (of course) because I'm strength training BY lifting weights (weightlifting) but I could do it in other ways, like with bands, machines, bodyweight, etc.  They do, of course, feel that general strength is important for younger kids, which is great.

My Little Workout #1-3
1:25
Foam rolling and mobility work
A1   Bench Press - (warm-up 3/45#, 3/75#) 1/100#, 1/105#, 0/110# (2 tries)
A2   Plank - 3x120s
B1   1-arm DB Row - 3x6/side/60#
B2   DB Pullover - 3x8/40#
C1   BB Hip Thrust - (warm-up 5/45#) 8/100#, 8/105#, 8/110# (still lovin' the Hampton!)
C2   TGU - 3x3/side/20#KB