Friday, 11/18 at Atlanta Barbell
Squat - SBDs, belt
485x2 @6.5, 515x3 @9 - PR!, 475x3 @8
Notes: Wasn't sure what to expect today between fatigue and travel. But 485 moved so fast I thought about taking it for a PR set of 6, but then thought, "Who gives a shit about a PR set of 6?!" So racked it and saved my energy for a heavier set that would be a PR of consequence. And got a 5 lb PR on my triple. My first freakin PR of any kind since my injury, over a year ago. Very, very happy. The first rep of this set was not properly deep, it was to parallel rather than below and needed another inch. But this is still a huge mental win for me, after such a long physical struggle.
515x3 squat on IG
Close Grip Bench
255x5, 275x5, 300x5, 275x5, 265x5
Notes: ELbows. Oy vey. Elbows. Really hurting after those squats, really bother my bench. I might need to do advil + a week of high bar/safety bar only to make this go away. Seems like I can low bar as I always do for months and months and thousands of reps, no problem. But one bad set - and what is bad about it that triggers it, I do not know - brings in the elbowitis, and once it's in, my usually fine arm and bar position in squats don't allow it to go away, even though they also don't start it up. After hitting my first true PR in 13 months, a week with lighter work due to being all HBBS and safety bar might not be terrible anyway, and then I can get back to it with a much better bench and somewhat better press, too.
Deadlift - belt, mixed grip
455x3, 515x3, 555x3 @7.5, 585x2 @8.5, 495x5 @8.5 - straps
Notes: 555 moved really well, and that's the most I've pulled for 3 since surgery. 585 moved decently too, and that's my best double since surgery (prior was 565), and I had another rep or two, but I could feel doing it would've pulled my back out of position, so just put it back down. I'm just getting over this small tweak from pulling 600, so no need to be a hero today. 495x5 afterwards was hard but very doable.
Also of import: Thunderstruck came on just as I was walking up to 555. I might've gotten even more carried away with the karaoke than I did before that 600 pull a couple weeks ago. A lot more. I was doing the whole intro with them. Eventually Sims just said, "So are you going to deadlift?!?" Good times.
Chins
BWx5x4