murphy's log: pulls are fun

[murphyreedus]

6/17/2015
Press: 5×3×175
Airdyne: 7×20, 100 rest

[murphyreedus]

6/18/2015
Bench: 250×5, 4, 3, 3. 225×3

Things started off well and quickly nosedived.

[murphyreedus]

6/24/2015
Deadlift: 480 doh
Squat: 3×5×245
Block Pull: 5×475 high
Pullups: 5,5, 5

[murphyreedus]

6/26/2015
Front Squat: 3×5×230
Press: 2×180
Power Clean: 3×3×195

Abbreviated and accelerated workout due to time crunch. Press felt like shit, was supposed to be 5 triples. Try it again tomorrow.

[murphyreedus]

6/29/2015
Press: 5x5x155

Belated press day. Trying some volume.

[murphyreedus]

6/30/2015
Deadlift: 425, 485 doh (fail), 485 mixed
Squat: 3×5×250
Halting Deadlift: 8×425
Chinups: 8

Psyched myself out on 485 doh deadlift. Tried workset haltings with straps and it felt much harder than using mixed grip. Maybe I'm not using the straps correctly.

[murphyreedus]

7/9/2015
Squat: 3x5x255
Bench: 3x5x230
Power Clean: 3x205, 2x205, 2x205, 2x205
Pullups: 5, 5, 5
VKR: 10, 10, 10

[murphyreedus]

7/12/2015
Squat: 5x255, 5x265, 5x275 (plate math failure - public schooling)
Press: 5x5x135
Block Pull (high): 5x485 (straps)
Chinups: 8, 8, 8
VKR: 10, 10, 10

Block pulls seem to kick my ass more than rack pulls ever did. I feel like it would have been easier to do a conventional deadlift for 5.

[murphyreedus]

7/14/2015
Squat: 3×5×275
Bench: 5×5×225
Halting Deadlift: 6×430, 4×430
Pullups: 6, 6, 6
VKR: 10, 10, 10

[murphyreedus]

7/16/2015
Squat: 3×5×280
Press: 5×5×140
Block Pull: 3×495
Chinups: 9, 7, 5
VKR: 11, 8

Tailbone popped at the top of the 4th rep on block pulls. Just when I was starting to build steam on my lifts again. This is a very frustrating recurring injury, and unfortunately it happens outside the gym as often as in. Time to see a chiro.