Yeah, I know you've mentioned that before and I experimented with pause squats previously with good results so I should probably try that. I'm currently running a 12 week program that I'm halfway through, and I'd like to finish running it as written. When i rerun it though (which I intend to do right after) I think I'll substitute one of the squat days for a tempo squat day and see how that works out.
Anyway, I had a mini-test day at the end of this week. I was supposed to do Squat/Press Thursday and Bench/DL Friday but had an event after work Thursday so it got split up Friday and Saturday instead
Press
1x10x115
2x8x100
WS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VC5iggU7H8
Had hoped to get 11 here, don't know why I didn't attempt an 11th, I don't think I'd have gotten it but I should have at least tried. I'm more bow shaped than I'd like too. This probably needs the most form attention.
Deadlift:
1x12x340
2x8x305
WS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnYxrT60CUM
Glare makes it hard to assess form. I did get the first 10 of these hook gripped, which is neat. I think I should squeeze my glutes and lean back a little more at the top just to be all the way locked out.
Bench
1x12x195
2x8x185
WS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPmuaSKBTMM
This felt pretty good. The spotter interestingly enough is a SSC who works out at my gym. I'm very sure my butt stays on the bench, but next time I film I'll try to get that in frame so that there's no doubt.
4/13
Squat
1x12x265
1x8x240
WS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9CiJfqFI6s
Had to cut this a bit short due to time constraints, would have liked to have done an additional backoff set and then some lat pull downs and curls (maybe I'll do those tomorrow). Still I remember 265 feeling fairly challenging to do sets of 5 with not that long ago, so it's cool to do 12 and probably have a few more in there. Form wise I do think I lose some tightness at the very bottom, and could probably cut depth a hair. I might also want to look at a point a little higher than I'm looking. But I am doing a decent job of driving my chest up and not turning it into a total good morning squat.