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12/8 - Squat volume
Squats - 5x5@325 - after Thursday, approached these with some hesitation. Warmed up with the bar, then foam rolled, then a cautious set with 95. Stayed very cautious through 275. Actual work sets felt very good. Still have a tendency to get loose on the 4th/5th reps so I need to continue to concentrate on fixing that.
Snatch grip DL - 3x3@235
Chin-ups 4x8@BW+26

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12/9 - Upper body volume
Press - 5x5@155 - oddly heavy
Bench press 3x6@225
Lying triceps extension - 3x8@87.5 (put what I thought was 85 on the bar. Turns out bar is 17.5 not 15 like I assumed.) Easy
Barbell curl - 4x10@82 - silly easy - not sure how that happened

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12/11 - Squat intensity
Okay, 3rd time's the charm right? Right - mostly.
Squats - 1x5@365 - got 5 reps, not sure that the 5th rep was deep enough. Couldn't stay tight so it was very squat-morningish. Probably should repeat same weight next time and fight for better form. But at least I could even attempt the weight without pulling a hamstring during warm ups like the last two attempts.
Deadlifts - 1x5@405 - fail got 4 then a single. Argh - PR is 5@430 so not sure what the deal is here.
Pendlay rows - 4x5@205

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12/12 - Upper body intensity
Missed first "B" week intensity day due to holiday travel so had to do some feeling out today.
Press - 1x5@171 - fail, barely got 4 then rested and got a single. One RM is 190 so was guessing 190*.9=171 but that was too much.
Bench press - 3x3@255
Dips - 3x10 bodyweight only - haven't done these in years - have a memory of being able to hit 3x10@70 but not anymore. Quit previously due to stress on shoulders. Alex helped me with some technique cues that I didn't previously know which definitely helped.
Pull-ups - 4x8@BW

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12/14 - Squat volume
Moving this workout up a day - looking at the calendar and trying to not miss any workouts around Christmas by cutting one or two recovery days this coming week.
Squats - 5x5@327 - went well all things considered. Definitely felt more tired and sore afterwards than previous 5x5 sessions - probably because I actually got an intensity day in successfully.
Snatch grip DL - 3x3@235
Chin-ups - 4x8@BW+27.5 - moving the weight on the belt up but my bodyweight has been dropping (side effect of this lingering cold I've had?) so I'm essentially at even still.

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12/15 - Bench volume
Bench press - 5x5@258
Press - 3x6@126
Cable triceps pressdown with rope - 3x12@pin 9 + incremental plate
Barbell curl - 3x10@85, 1x10@95 - not sure how these suddenly got so easy.

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12/17 - Squat intensity
Squats - 1x5@365 - fail - got zero. Thought I was doing well but when I watched the video, I was high on every rep. Not just a little high, they were all a mile high.
Squats - 1x5@365 - fail - could only get 3 reps, all were just high and 3rd was a squat-morning - racked it without trying rep 4
Squats - 1x2@365 - fail - both just high.
Deadlift - 1x5@405 - fail, got 4. Okay, second week in a row same result so obviously not able to get 5 anymore at this weight - at least not after squats. So next week need to drop down to 395? 385?
Pendlay rows - 4x5@206

So, not sure what to do next week. Part of me thinks I should try one more time at 365 and the other part says give it up and drop down 20-25 pounds.

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12/18 - Bench intensity
Bench press - 1x5@285 - fail, only 3. Damned frustrated by this. Would have at least accepted 4 as progress. Waited 10 minutes and then did another 3.
Press - 3x3@158
Incline bench press - 3x8@172 - easy
Pull-ups - 4x8 - felt good - ready to add weight next time hopefully.

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12/20 - Squat volume
Squats - 5x5@328 - went well considering this was my second volume day this week
Snatch grip DL - 3x3@240
Chin-ups - 1x8@BW+27.5, 3x8@BW+30 - intention was to go +30 on all 4 sets - just wasn't paying attention to what plates I was grabbing.

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12/21 - Press volume
Press - 5x5@156 - fail - only got 4 on last two sets. Irritated, but not too concerned - this was my second day trying to use the "Press 2.0" style and I'm still getting used to it. Was also rushing (limited time this morning) and probably didn't rest as long between sets as needed.
Bench - 3x6@227
LTE - 2x10@87.5 - easy, 1x10@92.5 - just right
Curls - 4x10@95