Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Training:
Squat 132#* (
7,
8,
6)
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*I was wondering why these were so hard, turns out its a +11 increase instead of the planned +5.5. Oops lol.
Form breaks down in these, but I think a lot of the reps have improved depth from my previous worksets so given the weight increase flub, I'm pretty pleased with them.
Bench Press 88# (
8,
8, 6) 76# (5)
First bench videos I've posted in a while. I haven't had time to view them myself, but obviously I'm open to feedback. Really not sure why I ran out of gas so abruptly in the third sets, as I gave generous (4 minutes) rest intervals between sets. The backoff set is pretty pathetic lol but usually only give that one 2 minutes just to get a little extra volume in a state of fatigue. Maybe going so HAM on squats is the culprit here.
Light RDL 77# (8) 88# (8) SS with Face Pulls 25# (15, 15, 15)
Deadlift 132# (
5)
As before, I did the first two reps rippetoe-style and the last three rdl-style. I think my back angle is way too horizontal in the last three reps. The only active cue during these was to emphasize hamstring involvement in the break off the floor, and I did that much. Definitely I can self-report that during the set I noticed the bar wasn't close enough to my body. Probably I need to engage the lats harder to prevent this in the future.
Supine-grip Pulldowns 115# (9, 8, 7)
These are heavy enough now that I'm lifting my body off the seat, so I had to use the leg-stirrup things to make sure that didn't happen. I think that made the reps a bit harder, but still I'm reporting increased performance from last time so it's all good.