Alright, came in rested and fed to blow away my bench and squat 1RMs, and...

...failed at even lower weights (170lb/320lb). Ah. Here ends the 5/3/1 experiment, at least for these two lifts. This...

Another light session before next week's 1RMs.

Press:
95lb: 5
105lb: 5
115lb: 4F
Oops. Let it wander out in front.

Sumo:
315lb: 5

Yesterday's light session:

Bench:
135lb: 5,5,5
Pecs felt stiff from Sunday's singles. This bothered me during squats, too.

Squats:
225lb: 5
245lb: 5
255lb: 5

Attempted bench and squat 1RMs (185 and 325) and failed both. Eating and sleeping have been rough this week, but I'd already put this off a day, so I tried to make up for that with aggressiveness....

Accessory work:

Hammer chins:
BW: 8
BW+25lb: 8
BW+45lb: 5
BW+65lb: 3

Dips:
BW: 8

Lunch disagreed with me. Decided to just come in and do a bare-bones workout. I'll try to come in tomorrow morning for some chins, dips and accessory squats.

Press:
100lb: 5
115lb: 3
125lb: 3...

Done with work deadlines for the time being. Sumo world champion came to our gym for a seminar last night. I didn't do any real sparring, but I still woke up feeling sore, hungry, and not...

Came in for those higher rep squats: 225lbx8,8,10.

Also got a few chins in between sets: 5 sets of 10.

7 am workout after an all-nighter. Blar. One way or another, this ends on Friday.

Press:
95lb: 3
105lb: 3
120lb: 4 (3+)

Sumo:
270lb: 3
305lb: 3

Bench:
125lb: 3
145lb: 3
160lb: 4 (3+)

Squat:
230lb: 3
265lb: 3
295lb: 2 (3+)
Fuck. Been neglecting my accessory work, and now it's caught up to me.

Press:
85lb: 5
100lb: 5
115lb: 6 (5+)
Recovered lost strength.

Sumo:
250lb: 5
290lb: 5
325lb: 7 (5+)

Cycle 7
My last cycle before I'm gone for the summer. I may have one week to test my 1RMs. Summer programming depends on the equipment I have access to, but I'm thinking about trying the 5/1 thing...

Press:
100lb: 5
115lb: 3
130lb: 2 (1+)
Better than expected.

Sumo:
285lb: 5
320lb: 3
360lb: 3 (1+)

Bench:
140lb: 5
155lb: 3
175lb: 1F (1+)
So close on #2.

Squat:
245lb: 5
275lb: 3
300lb [MISLOAD]: 1 (1+)

Quick workout.

Press:
95lb: 3
110lb: 3
120lb: 4 (3+)
Finally some good news on the upper body front. Last week, I had regressed to below last cycle's weights. Today, I actually made a little...

Bench:
130lb: 3
145lb: 3
165lb: 3 (3+)

Squat:
225lb: 3
260lb: 3
290lb: 4 (3+)

Press:
90lb: 5
100lb: 5
115lb: 4F
Bah.

Sumo:
245lb: 5
285lb: 5
325lb: 7

Accessory work:

DB inclines:
40lb: 5
60lb: 8,8,6

Chins:
BW: 5
BW+25lb: 5
BW+45lb: 5

Cycle 6

Bench:
120lb: 5
140lb: 5
155lb: 4F (5+)
And there we go. First failure of 5/3/1. I'll finish this cycle at the prescribed weights, and then back off to cycle 4 for the bench.

Squat:...

Work stuff has been messing with my head some, so I haven't been eating or sleeping as well as I should recently. Between that, my recent sickness, and the fact that we randomly did a bunch of...