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    Deadlift

    125 x 2 x 5
    185 x 3 - lumbar soreness??!
    250 x 2 - lumbar soreness cleared out
    280 x 2 - Very ice

    310 x 3 - Grip kind of off, couldn't get set on for the fourth rep

    Notes

    My new Cap 45's arrived today, but sadly I won't be able to use them until I get this weight done.

    I went in feeling okay, but I just could NOT get the right feel for the fourth rep and called it there. I set up for a second round but still couldn't get set. Next time.

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    Squats

    45 x 10
    110 x 5
    165 x 3
    220 x 2 - Smooth, focusing on hips down
    245 x 2 - Dubious depth, but felt good otherwise

    275 x 5 - Depth still dubious? Yes.
    250 x 5
    250 x 5 - Felt the bounce in the hole

    Notes

    The reps weren't easy but happened; unfortunately, none were to depth and the 3rd was the closest. I got bac more into my hips, so finding the bounce again is the net part.

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    Seated press

    45 x 10
    45 x 5
    62.5 x 3
    85 x 2
    95 x 2

    105 x 5 - barely!
    95 x 5 - Very easy
    95 x 5 - Easy

    Notes

    Deloaded to 105 from 110 after three failed attempts to get five reps. They went 3/3/3, 4/4/2, and an inexplicable 3/4/2.

    This session I played with grip width on the warmups, but didn't notice much difference. Did manage to pull the left bicep somehow, so I have that going for me.

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    Deadlift

    125 x 2 x 5
    185 x 3
    250 x 2 - CHEST UP
    280 x 2

    310 x 5 - Good bar speed, fifth rep lockout a little weak

    Notes

    Came in feeling good, came out with a new PR. Fewer grip issues and a good heft of speed on the bar. I focused on that CHEST UP back tightness and really dragging the bar up by shins and thighs to lockout.

    If it takes a one-failed-session, one-passed session progression, I'm all for it. Three wheels next time.

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    Squats

    45 x 10 - first five paused
    115 x 5
    170 x 3 - keep torso tight
    225 x 2
    245 x 2 - Shaky on walkout and reps

    280 x 5 - Right hand started to slide on third rep, suspect depth on five
    255 x 5 - Pancaked rep three a little
    255 x 5

    Notes

    Reps three through five were really kind of grindy, but that's the price of new PR territory. I may need to lightly dust my hands with chalk; rep three my right hand slid over the bar top and I fought it the rest of the way. Only the last rep was marginally shallow, but close enough to maybe get two white lights. Back-off sets were only a little easier even on ten minutes rest between them.

    Not bad at all for one day rest after a deadlift PR.

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    Bench press

    45 x 10 - trouble finding mid-sternum
    70 x 5
    105 x 3
    140 x 2
    160 x 2

    175 x 5 - Slow but felt better, bar waaaay south on the sternum for rep five
    175 x 5 - Felt better & more consistent
    175 x 5 - Stronger grip, sluggish last rep

    Barbell curls

    60 x 8 - left elbow out on 4, and 6-8
    60 x 8 - better, only out on 4
    60 x 8 - loooooots of left elbow out

    Notes

    Form work for the holidays. Left elbow was all kinds of painful yesterday so I pushed off until today. That elbow is still weak today but pushed through without pain.

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    Deadlift

    125 x 2 x 5
    190 x 3
    250 x 2
    285 x 2 - PUSH the floor away

    315 x 2 - grip failed rep three

    Notes

    God-damn it I thought I had this. The grip fail on three started at about a third up the shin and couldn't get recovered. Still, my first three-plate pull.

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    Nice ! Maybe use alt grip next time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BrooklynJerry View Post
    Nice ! Maybe use alt grip next time.
    I can't into mixed grip (I can never get the elbows set right) but do have usable straps. Next time for sure.

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    Squats

    45 x 10 - first five paused
    115 x 5 - Second rep was leaned forward at lockout
    170 x 3
    230 x 2 - tiny pause in the hole on each, why?
    255 x 2 - Slower than I'd like

    285 x 3 - Depth got worse with each rep; four and five weren't there

    Notes

    Walking around a conference all day with a backpack of vendor swag is bad for my squats. They were all sorts of bad depth and slow like wintertime molasses. To top it off there was pain in the left quad musculature and 255 backoffs were NOT happening when I attempted. 600mg ibuprofen in.

    Upside, it's my first 'failed' session since April on the squat, going from 235 to 280 for fives before today's miss - up 45 pounds in six weeks and setting new PRs.

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