StrongLifts - Week 2, Day 2

When I got to the gym both squat racks were taken. One by a person doing squats. The second was used by someone doing some type of shoulder press with one side of the barbell. This would have been fine if they were using the rack, but they were not. They were between the two racks. There were at least 5 other areas in the gym where they could have done this exercise with more room than they had. I did straight-leg deadlifts on the deadlift platform next to the rack waiting for it to free up. I do not really like doing them before squats, but I needed the rack for both bench press and squats. There are no dedicated bench press benches. I could have started with the barbell row, but I am much stronger in the row than I am in the bench press, and while I know they are using opposing muscle groups, I did not want to take anything away from my bench. It would not have really made any difference since I am still on very light weights, but tend to do things the same way regardless of the weight. For the last set of bench press, I did AMRAP (as many reps as possible). I will probably do this once a week, or maybe only on weeks when bench press is only done once. Once again I did some walking on the treadmill at the end, but was feeling a little tired and only did 35 minutes.

Body Weight: 337.8 lbs.

Workout A

Cardio: 35 minutes on treadmill average of 2.5 - 2.7 MPH