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    Seated press

    45 x 10 - a little lumbar bitchiness
    45 x 5
    62.5 x 3
    85 x 2
    95 x 2

    106.25 x 4 - stalled hard on fifth rep
    96.25 x 5 - bad liftoff, reset and retried
    96.25 x 5 - Easy

    Notes

    I don't know what the hell that was. On the fifth top set rep it stalled, I started grinding it up, and somehow ended up on my feet too far forward under it in a half-squat before lowering it behind my neck and setting it on the hooks. My written notes have it as WHAT THE FUCK and rightfully so.

    Sleeping has been bad of late, so I'll blame it on that.

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    Deadlift

    125 x 2 x 5
    190 x 3
    250 x 2
    285 x 1, 2 - Took me ten minutes to figure out straps.

    315 x 5 - New PR

    Notes

    Strapped in and got it. As soon as the first rep left the platform I didn't have any doubt I had all five. The straps are made from an old (1990's era?) Chevy pickup and rubber bands to hold them into my wrists. It's going to take some time to get the hang of getting them around the bar quickly.

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    Congrats on the PR!

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    Squat

    45 x 10
    115 x 5 - fourth rep forward of midfoot; get into hips more
    170 x 3 - felt really good
    230 x 2 - Ok, depth? GET INTO HIPS
    255 x 2 - slow but solid form

    285 x 5 - three through five grinded, all good depth!
    260 x 5 - grinders all
    260 x 5 - forward on rep four, pancaked five

    Notes

    It just keeps getting heavier, but I made it through. I had serious doubts about four and five coming out of the hole, and they felt like they took forever from below parallel to the lockout.

    Quote Originally Posted by cmynhier View Post
    Congrats on the PR!
    Thanks man. That goal was a long time coming.

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    Bench press

    45 x 10 - wrong spto touch on the chest for most reps - too far down the sternum
    72.5 x 5
    110 x 3 - Lock arms for rerack!
    145 x 2
    162.5 x 2 - Heavy and unsteady

    180 x 5 - rep four very sloppy, left arm locked out much slower
    180 x 5 - Better, focus on elbows in
    180 x 4 - fifth rep was far off line, dropped to safeties

    Notes

    Bad sleep but a decent session. The last rep was just all over the place and demonstrates why you never bench alone without using safeties.

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    Deadlift

    130 x 2 x 5
    190 x 3 - Drag up shins
    255 x 2 - CHEST UP
    290 x 2

    320 x 4 - Rushed the setup on the fifth rep and failed

    Notes

    Just like it says, rushed the setup, felt the lumbar flex a little on the last rep and let it go.

    I was having issues even in the warm-ups with pulling all the slack out; while I can get away with it on lighter warm ups, that's a bad habit that's gotta go.

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    Squat

    45 x 10
    115 x 5 - first rep forward of midfoot
    175 x 3 - felt very controlled
    230 x 2
    260 x 2 - controlled well!

    290 x 3 - NOPE
    260 x 5 - 5 grind & depth
    260 x 5 - best of the sets

    Notes

    Five reps? Nope, wasn't going to happen. Got three with pretty good form.

    It might be approaching a switch to intermediate on squats.

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    Seated press

    45 x 10
    45 x 5 - widened grip 3/4 inch each side
    62.5 x 3
    85 x 2
    95 x 2 - DO NOT FLARE ELBOWS

    106.25 x 5 - snapped right up!
    96.25 x 5 - bit of elbow flare
    96.25 x 5 - Better that set two

    Notes

    Widening the grip might be the key for my stalled press. There wasn't the usual strain on the fifth rep and all of them were smooth and decent. If I focus on keeping my upper back fixed the bar just flies upward.

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    Deadlift

    130 x 2 x 5
    190 x 3
    255 x 2
    290 x 2 - grip pretty good

    320 x 2 - Nothing in the tank

    Notes

    The first rep left the platform and it just fell apart. Felt my lower back release on the second rep and the third just wasn't moving.

    If I don't get it next time it's time to deload and change programming from deadlifting every five days.

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    Last edited by I_iz_a_fatass; 06-13-2017 at 06:53 PM. Reason: Wrong video

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    Squat

    45 x 10 - first five paused
    115 x 5
    175 x 3 - Heavy??!
    230 x 2 - Better, some right hip pain after racking
    260 x 2 - No more pain, slow.

    290 x 5 - Shallow on three and five, sloppy on four and five
    265 x 5 - Whole set a grind
    265 x 5 - back into hips more, felt better and less grinding

    Notes

    Well. For a session I went into with "I so do not want to do this" it came away pretty well with a new PR again. I really have to remember to get into my hips more to ensure depth and that drive out of the hole.

    Only ten more pounds to 1x5 BW squats again at my manly two hundred pounds bodyweight.

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    Last edited by I_iz_a_fatass; 06-16-2017 at 07:16 AM. Reason: video not appearing, repasted link

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