It's Turbo Time

[Shaun]

Meh session tonight.

Squats:

142.5 x 5/5/5

Still beltless, and not too hard, although form wasn't quite as perfect as I'd have hoped it to be.

Press:

64 x 5/4/2

First set felt fine. Second set missed last rep because I was out of breath. Third set shoulders just felt fried and couldn't get anything else up. Tried a back off set with 50 but only got 6 reps, shoulders just knackered. I've noticed that a failed rep on the press really seems to fatigue my shoulders for future attempts.

Pendlay rows:

80 x 5
90 x 3.5

Felt quite fatigued on these. Couldn't get the right back position and tightness and stopped after 3 reps on 90 as I was using too much body English.

Some quick stretching and home.

[Shaun]

Left elbow feeling really bad all week so took Wednesday off and decided to front squat tonight instead of proper squats as many feel them easier on the elbows.

Front squats:

90 x 1
100 x 1
110 x 1
120 x 1
125 x 1
130 x 1

Massive PR on these. Felt really easy on the legs, by far the hardest part was supporting that much weight on my front shoulders. Really struggled with that actually.

And these also destroyed my elbows, which wasn't what I was hoping for. But a PR is always nice - especially when it's an exercise you only do a few times per year.

Press:

64 x 2

As said above, my left elbow was really jacked up so didn't get many on these before I had to call it a day.

Pendlay rows:

80 x 5/5/5

Not too hard. Haven't done these in a while and they target my weak points so going to start doing them and hopefully get to over 100 in not too long.

Need to do more biceps curls and maybe brachialis work too. My elbow pains have always came when I've not been doing my curls.

[Shaun]

Quick one tonight. Very busy for the next ~2 months so might have to have lots of these kind of quick sessions. But they're a fine change and I might even manage to average more than thrice a week with them too.

Push press:

worked up to 95 x 1
80 x 3

PR, bodyweight overhead. Back off was quite hard though.

Dips:

bodyweight x 6/5/5

Done very deep and after some hard push pressing so meh.

Curls:

30 x 10/10/10

Haven't done these in ages, but really need to start doing them.

[Shaun]

Really poor session tonight. After almost two weeks off of squatting my low back, hamstrings and glutes seem to have ceased up. Absolutely nothing was tight tonight when squatting.

Squats:

worked up to 160

RDLs:

70 x 5/5

Meh. Went home.

[Shaun]

Worthwhile session tonight.

Squats:

170 x 4

PR. Felt really hard, though; definitely didn't have another in me. Tried to do a back-off set after with 120 and only got a few reps before my back said no.

Bench:

90 x 1
95 x f

Meh. Not benched in a while. Elbows also felt really weird on many of my warm-ups too - unracking felt really weak and even went backwards rather than forwards a couple of times. On the 95 attempt the descent was far, far too fast and I lost my tightness, and, again, elbow wasn't right.

Pendlay rows:

82.5 x 5/5/5

Okay.

Did some reverse curls because I've heard they're good at fixing elbows, then some stretching and went home.

[Shaun]

Okay session tonight.

Press:

worked up to 75 x 1

Absolute grinder. First time pressing anything close to this weight in many, many months.

Push press:

90 x 1

Technique was horrible and triceps quite tired so never got much. Was going onto toes and thus pushing weight away from me and not being able to push the head through.

Deadlifts:

worked up to 210 x 1

Felt nice equalling my current 1RM PR but again technique was poor. Not keeping back flat.

Some quick stretching and home.

[Shaun]

Quite a terrible session tonight.

Squats:

100 x 5
120 x 5
140 x 5

Form felt all horrible. No back tightness. No deep breath. No sitting back or anything. Mobility is probably gone after sitting on my ass for so much these last few weeks.

Bench press:

83 x 3

Again, pretty terrible. My bench plummets very quickly if I don't regularly do it, but hopefully it will rise again quickly.

Pendlay rows:

85 x 5/5/5

Better.

Curls and home.

[Shaun]

Okay session tonight.

Squats:

140 x 5/5/5

Form felt much better. Was leaning forward and sticking hips back so was using much more posterior chain and felt, well, much, much better.

However I did has some weird soreness in my mid-upper back. Wasn't a shooting pain ... felt more like stiffness or DOMS even...

Press:

60 x 5/5/5

Not easy but not excruciating.

Deadlifts:

180 x 5

Not too hard but put belt on too tight so couldn't get a proper breath or set up properly.

Dips:

Bodyweight x 6/5/4

Meh.

[Shaun]

Poor session tonight. Back felt weird and elbow hurted too.

Squats:

143 x 5/5

Only did two sets because I have no idea what's going on with my back and don't want to push things. Weights went up fairly easy though all things considered.

Bench press:

80 x 5/5/5

Not too hard. Wasn't sure about this because elbow was hurting quite a lot but got them all. I think it may be overhead pressing that does my elbow in - think I noticed that trend a few years ago.

Couldn't do any chins because of sore elbow but did some reverse curls as I've heard they can help with sore elbows.

[Shaun]

Pretty shitty session tonight, although the first one in over two weeks so not expecting much.

Squats:

got up to 120 x 5 but stopped because of pain in mid-back. The exact same problem as I was having before, was really hoping it'd be gone by the time I got back but sadly it hasn't. It's like a compression sensation in my mid back. Not sure what's causing it although it could be lack of mobility or kinaesthetic awareness of the muscles of my posterior chain and back to keep tight and locked. I know I cannot even "feel" my lower back so there's no way that I can keep it tight, especially at the bottom of a squat.

Bench:

worked up to 80 x 5

Not too hard, thankfully.

Did some power cleans but form was shit and wanted home for some food so left.