Better session tonight than Wednesday. Intended to go to CFSBK and lift there before the seminar (which I'm not a part of for the first time in almost 5 years, since I was supposed to have surgery this past Wednesday so had to back out). But I felt like crap all day. A nap helped enough that I went to lift at my gym around 6pm.
Squat - SBDs
135x5, 225x5, 295x5, 345x5 @6
385x5 @6, 405x5@7, 365x5@7 - belt
Notes: Still had some left knee issues causing shifting and looseness, but better than Weds.
Bench Press
135x5, 195x5, 245x5, 275x5, 305x5 @6, 325x5@7.5 (felt like 8.5), 345x2 @8, 365x1 @8.5, 380x1 @9.25, 315x3 @8, 295x5 @7.5
Notes: Another solid bench session. So weird, yet satisfying. Being able to work up to a 380 single this quickly, after not only zero benching whatsoever for 4.5 months, but also with my shoulder still not 100% from the injury, tells me that I have much, much more in the tank than my 420 TnG PR from 2.5 years ago. On a healthy shoulder, I should be benching 455 by now, maybe more. I suspect that either:
1. Pressing helps maintain bench strength more than I have suspected
or
2. Even though it's hard to say because my left clavicular pec kept tweaking in the last year, I have not optimized my volume work to allow for the expression of my actual strength when it comes to higher end intensity/max/near max work on the bench press.
Or possibly some of both. Though I expect bench to be one of the later things to come back after surgery, when I can train it again, I will have to keep this in mind.
Chins
BWx5x6 = 30 reps. Easy.