Trained at Max's Gym in Oakland today. A small space but a very impressive group of lifters, especially the women, and a high energy environment. Got to see and train with Ms La Rosa, my erstwhile training parter, and met some of the very strong lifters who train there regularly. Seeing one woman squat 430x2 (was supposed to be 5 but she was having a rough day), and another deadlift 435x5, both just in the course of training, was very cool. Max also pulled a couple of sets of 10 with 529. Good time there.
Squat - rehbands + belt
45x8x2, 135x5, 225x5, 315x5, 365x3, 415x2 (put on belt here), 455x1, 495x1 @7.5, 365x5 @7 (paused)
Notes: Planned to stop at 455 but the energy in the room was too good so I did another reasonably fast single at 495 before backing down to 365 for a paused set. Considering I'm squatting in the Nikes and with rehbands, and am still only 6 days past a meet at which I PRd my squat, I'm happy with how easy 3 days of heavier than originally planned squatting have gone.
My right knee is a little cranky, but way less than in the week leading up to the meet.
Press (belt, sort of wraps)
45x8, 95x5, 135x5, 165x5, 185x3, 205x3 (put on belt and borrowed Sarah's very short wraps for this and next set), 225x3 @9, 245 x walkout, 185x5x2
Notes: Planned to do 225x1 and stop but the energy got to me again. It's been a while since I've pressed heavy so was happy with 225x3. Took out 245 for a single after that but felt super heavy in my hands so decided to just back off. 185s were pretty easy.
DL
185x5, 275x5, 315x8, 335x8 - all beltless and DOH, in the Nikes.
Notes: Back seemed to be getting better but was bugging me a lot today. Maybe it's all the driving (I did ~8 hours yesterday and ~4 each the previous two days) in a fairly small, low car that I'm not used to. My left pec also started bugging me at 275, which hasn't happened before. Exciting to have yet another potential problem pop up out of nowhere! #sarcasm