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    5/9

    Warm up - None, in a bit of a hurry...

    Squat - 405-2,2,1,1, - Was supposed to do 4x2 at 90% (430 lbs) but I seem to be losing strength. The last couple of singles were real grinders. Since retiring I've lost 6 pounds from being very active on my farm and doing physical work. I always did this, but did it on weekends. During the week I had a desk job where I got to rest. I was also in a bit of a hurry today as I had an appointment to get to and a short time to work out. Crap I'm getting tired of making excuses. Maybe I'm getting a little burnt out...

    Rack pulls - 460-5, 410-8, - These felt heavy but good. I think I an pull easier from the floor than from the rack as the starting point is where I usually fail the lift.

    Rows - 225-8,8, - Had to cut these short as I had to go.

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    Sometimes the weights just feel heavy and I don't know why. There's also been plenty of times for me that the weights feel heavy and then I come down with a cold the next day. I always figure that you need to have a few crappy workouts here and there so you can appreciate hitting your targets on the regular days.

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    Thanks for the encouragement Bustermonkey2! I think the issue is that I'm using contest PR's as my benchmarks. I seem to be able to lift more in competition after resting a week or two prior to the competition. These competition PR's don't translate well into working 1RM's. I'm always trying to push myself, but this is likely too much.

    5/11

    No warm up besides starting with light weights

    Bench - 295-2, 285-3,3,3, 275-5 - Program called for 5 sets of 3 at 85%. First set 3rd rep failed (didn't try to grind it either). Dropped 10 pounds and did 3 sets of 3 at 285, followed by 1 set of 5 at 275 as I didn't think I could get another set of triples at 285.

    OH press - 185-3,3, 175-5, 150-10, - Supposed to do 3 sets of 4-6 reps, followed by a back off set of 10-12.

    Cable press downs - 135-10,12,15, - Alternated these with the dips below.

    Dips - BW-5,7,10, - These felt better as I did a couple sets. Not part of the program but the tricep press downs don't work the tri's that hard

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    5/12

    Warm up - 500m row in 2:02

    Squat - 405-1, 365-3,3,3,3, - Rx called for 85% of 1RM for 5 sets of 3. Tried 405 then dropped down to 365 as I need to be realistic on my weights.

    Stiff leg deadlift - 365-4,4,4, - Rx called for 2-3 sets of 4 reps. Added 30 pounds from last workout and they still went fairly easily.

    Chins - OH - BW- 8,10, UH - 60 pound kid for weight-1, BW-8,10, - Couldn't do these last time due to a sore R shoulder. Felt good today. I'll start adding weight for next time but will pass on the 60 pound kid hanging from my back...

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    5/12

    Spent a couple hours cleaning up my garage gym as tomorrow a film crew will be recording part of a commercial in it for a regional chain of hearing aid stores. My wife was chosen to model the latest Resound hearing aids and they want to film her active lifestyle which includes lifting weights. I was hoping to disappear tomorrow but I am being roped into the commercial too as they want to film our family eating dinner together.

    My wife is getting new hearing aids/accessories out of the deal worth almost $10k if you can believe the cost of those things. She can even play her music from her Iphone directly into the hearing aids, adjusting the volume and everything from her Iphone. I told her its probably not a good idea to have the wifi going directly into her brain like that You cannot even tell she is wearing hearing aids as they disappear right into her ears.

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    5/15

    Close grip bench - 295-3,2,3, 265-7, 215-10, - Program called for 3 sets of 2-3 reps at 90% of my 1RM, followed by 80% for AMRAP, followed by 65% for AMRAP. My left deltoid muscle is acting up a bit so I could have done another couple of reps on the AMRAP sets but stopped short to not hurt the muscle more.

    Dips - BW-10, 25-7,8,7,10, - Dips went well today. Added 25 pounds as body weight was pretty easy.

    Curls 95-3,2, - Tried a few curls but they irritate my shoulder now too so I stopped after a couple reps. Curls used to be my favorite exercise...
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    5/16

    Warm up - 500M row in 1:56

    Light squat - 295-5,5,5, - Rx called for 65% of 1RM so I should have done 310 or so but decided to take it easy today and did a little less as my squats have been in the toilet lately. These actually felt good for once.

    Deadlift - 475-4, 425-8, - Rx called for 2-4 reps at 90% followed by 5-8 reps at 80%. Even my deadlifts felt good today. The first one at 475 felt tough, the second and third were easier, the 4th was the hardest. Did the maximum reps on the back off set at 425 as well since the deads were going good today.

    DB rows - 105-10,10,10,

    GHR - BW-6, Blue band-10, Green band-10,

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    5/18

    Bench - 265-6,6,6,6,6, - Rx called for 75% of 1RM for 5 sets of 6 reps. Bench felt good today, although I got a little pinch in my left shoulder on the last rep or two of the final sets.

    OH Press - 175-6,6,6, 155-10, - Added 10 and 5 pounds respectively from the last time I did this.

    Cable press downs - 135-15/10, 15/9, - I put 135 on each side of my cable fly machine and alternated tricep press downs with a straight bar and a rope. Between devices I took a 10 second rest, so the second half of the set suffered a bit. I rested 5 minutes between sets to recover.

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    5/19

    Warm up - 500M row in 2:12

    Squat - 355-5, 345-6,6,6,6, - Rx called for 5 sets of 6 at 75%. After the first set where I struggled for 5 I thought it prudent to drop 10 pounds. Not sure why my squat weights feel so heavy.

    Stiff leg deads - 365-6,5, - After the squats I felt pretty burnt out so I didn't put too much effort into these.

    Chins - 0 - Will do these later today if I have more energy. I have to lug up 1500 pounds of ceramic tiles to the second floor of my carriage house yet today too. Hopefully I can find my teenage son to help but he disappears when there is work to do

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    5/22

    Bench - 325-1,1,1,1,1,1, - Rx called for 95% of 1RM. These went fairly well although on the last couple sets my form broke down a little as I twisted my body a little to get the reps.

    Incline dumbbell press - 65-10, - 65's were too light. I need a better selection of DB's

    Incline standing press - 185-5,5,5,4, - Incline at 70 degrees, reps done strictly.

    Cable press downs - 135-15,15, 160-10,10,

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