Well today was craptastic. Hoping I will have a reverse of last week, where Thursday was good and Friday was craptastic.
Squat - high bar first paused and low bar paused
Triples at: 135,195,240,285,315
belt - 335,355
Notes: Right knee had a brand new pain, an audible and feelable (is that a word? no, but you know what I mean) pop as I got to just about parallel. It only hurt a little but felt like it was going to hurt a lot each time, so I was very tentative going into the hole. My left low back is still not very good, either, not sure if it's related to the July tweak or something else/new. Feels more like SI joint, but some of that was in play before too. Don't know, but it's definitely affecting my squats.
355 High and Low bar on IG with cameo
Press - belt+wraps
220x2, 227.5x1+f (for no reason), 227.5x2 @10, 215x2 @9
Notes: Still not recovered from Monday and Tuesday's upper body work. Readjusting will just take some time. So I'm disappointed by these #s, but know, based on what I do on volume day, that I have more in me and just not fully adapted to the new schedule and increased volume yet. It'll happen.
227.5x2 Press on IG
Power Clean
135x2x2, 155x2, 175x2, 195x2x2
Notes: 135 and 195 sets sucked. 155 and 175 weren't bad. Felt tired and hurt so just stopped. Will probably go heavier and do some push presses tomorrow.
Chins
BWx6x6
BWx5x2 = 46, same as last week
Random Hug of two cute acro-yogis that happened at the gym today
All in all I felt pretty crappy and in pain throughout the work today, but other than pressing a little less than I wanted to, got the work done.
Another factor is bodyweight. I'm down to the low 260s, now, weighing in between 261-264 most days. Doing all this ramping back up while cutting is not easy and is also definitely a part of the struggle. But I don't intend to get super ripped or anything, I will see how I feel when I get to around 255 and decide how to proceed from there. Though it might take stabilizing to regain the last bit of strength, I do think I can get back to my previous PRs at 250-255 given some time. I will look and feel better there than I did at 275-280.