Ran into the expected issue with my press today, so was mentally prepared for it. And everything else went really well. I finally feel like I'm hitting a bit of a stride again, haven't felt that since I tweaked my back in mid-July and lost my post-op momentum.
Squat - each weight done both High Bar 1st rep paused and Low Bar Paused
135x3, 205x3, 255x3, 295x3
belt - 325x3, 350x3
Notes: 350 finally moved fast and felt like, like light day should. Was tempted to go up to 365 but decided to save it for tomorrow's actual heavy work. Very encouraging.
350x3 squats on IG
Press - belt+wraps
210x2, 225x2 @10, 235x1 @10, 225x2 @10, 215x2 @9
Notes: The 10s weren't really those super slow grinds but I definitely didn't have another rep. I expected these to be hard, since it's the first time since October '15 that I pressed heavy with this scheme (volume press Monday and volume bench Tuesday, then intensity press Thursday). I'm used to, at worst, pressing Mon and Fri and benching Wed. So I expected something like this and not too annoyed about it. I was talking to the facility supervisor at the gym between sets and he'd never seen anyone press 225 so he was impressed, at least.
Power Clean
135x2x2, 165x2, 185x2, 205x2x2, 215x2x3 (last rep squat cleaned)
Notes: I was talking to a man who trains at Solace, Don. He's about 70, and has been olympic lifting for almost 50 years, been to 150+ meets. While we don't see eye to eye on everything, he's a lot more open minded and level headed than most of the olympic lifters and coaches of today. We were discussing arm-pull/bend in the clean and he started going off about how these lifters today think it's OK and even teach it and how inefficient it is. Almost sounded like a much mellower version of Rip. Anyway, we were talking while I was cleaning about my f'd up ankles and the poor mobility I have because of them and how I therefore can't stay properly upright in a front squat and am thinking of learning the split versions of the lifts and maybe compete in a meet in the next year or two. Anyway, he convinced me to try a squat catching t and riding it down into a front squat, and I obliged. I felt I was forward, he thought I'd be OK with some practice. Here's one rep of it:
215 power clean & ride-down on IG
Chins
BWx6x6
BWx5x2 = 46 total, very easy.