Fatass rises for the third time

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Bench press

45 x 10
75 x 5
110 x 3 - wavering all over
148.75 x 2 - solid
165 x 2

185 x 5 - Sloppy bar path?
167.5 x 5 - easy!
167.5 x 5

Notes

Pretty good session end to end. Dropped the 3x5 and moved it to a single top set after the missed rep on the straight across sets last time.

Interestingly (at least to me) this is a new estimated 1RM PR of 208 lbs / 94kg. Previous best was 190 lbs for a triple, over a year ago.

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Deadlift

130 x 2 x 5 - really nice and on point
190 x 3 - solid again
255 x 2
290 x 2

320 x 5 - felt really sloppy

Notes

There was no way I was going to let myself reset below three plates, and the five reps went up. I've also (as said elsewhere) built a proper-like chalk bowl and figure out I need to latch in the right strap first on deadlifts.

They felt a bit messy through the back. We'll see what the video looks like.

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You may want to cut down on the set up time for your deadlift. Especially those little false starts.

[I_iz_a_fatass]

You may want to cut down on the set up time for your deadlift. Especially those little false starts.

Yea, I'm still learning strap use and not a fan of multiple setups. I'll get better.

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Bench press

45 x 10
75 x 5
117.5 x 3 - left hand grip off and pinching the palm
155 x 2 - right wrist twinge on rerack
175 x 2

190 x 5 - fifth rep was a real grinder!
176.25 x 5 - Workin' in fine
176.25 x 5

Notes

Ended up taking another two days off thanks to a severe mood dip that had me not eating for two days and my usual bimonthly Remicade.

Got 190 x 5, a new PR where the previous was 190 for a triple in 2015. Not bad.


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Squat

45 x 10
120 x 5
180 x 3
235 x 2
265 x 2 - sluggish and questionable

295 x 1 - nothing in the tank


Notes

Ever go into a session and know somethings off during the warm-ups, that everything feels slow and heavy? That was tonight.

One rep. It's a solid rep, but that's all I had. Loaded up for the 265lb backoffs, unracked, and knew there were only fumes. Called TOD there.

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Pendlay rows

65 x 10
95 x 5
115 x 3
135 x 2

155 x 5 - popped up a lot on the last rep
155 x 5 - Tighter form
155 x 5 - a little momentum lifting all throughout

Lying triceps extensions

15 x 5
60 x 5
65 x 5 - Left shoulder way out of position on last rep
65 x 6

Notes

Took a fuckaround day for some upper back and triceps work, came away very happy. Pendlay's are up twenty pounds since I last did them in February, and LTEs are also new PRs.

The right quad and hip has been achy yesterday and today, possibly from the last squat day; ibuprofen is my friend and I'm keeping it in motion.

[I_iz_a_fatass]

Squat

45 x 10
120 x 5
175 x 2 - Was supposed to be three. Oops.
235 x 2 - right quad pain in muscle belly - good double
265 x 2 - pain isn't any worse, get into hips more

295 x 4 - third was hard, fourth felt loose, quad and hips pain forced racking
265 x 4 - hurt too much for five
225 x 1 - test, hurts less in quad and not at all in hip

Notes

Just an odd session. The quad pain didn't start until over two plates, but it eally affected the top set form and capabilities so I called it early. A backoff set did the same thing, and a two-plate test wasn't hugely different. I might be in for a bit of musclular rehab work this coming week.

I can't really complain; I don't think I've have an injury I've thought was caused under the bar in something like two years.

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Seated OHP

45 x 10
65 x 4 - Was supposed to be three. Oops.
86.25 x 2 - right quad pain in muscle belly - good double
96.25 x 2 - pain isn't any worse, get into hips more

107.5 x 4 - stalled fith rep below my head
96.25 x 5 - bracing harder helps
96.25 x 5

Notes

Just could NOT get the fifth rep up.

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Deadlift

130 x 2 x 5 - trying mixed grip again
195 x 3 - got a quick setup
260 x 2 - mixed grip holding well
290 x 2 - VERY fast setup and reps

325 x 5 - fast and good

Squats

135 x 5 - slight right quad pain on last rep
135 x 5 - clean slow and controlled reps, no pain

Notes

Apparently, I can into mixed grip. I'll admit - painful as it is to do so - Meshuggah telling me "straps don't count" on the SS Lifting Rankings had a part to play in retrying the mixed grip.

It worked; the reps were fast and the setup was quick with no need to resettle my hands until the fifth rep.

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