2/3/4/5 to torn hip labrum and back again

[Moorefoodnow]

9/26/2017

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Squat - 335 3x5
Deadlift - 415x5
Power Clean - 225 3x3

I didn't do a good job of setting my back tonight! But otherwise everything feels good!

[Moorefoodnow]

9/29/2017

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Press 2.0 - 185x5 (felt good!, doesn't look great)
Bench - 275x5x3
BB Row - 265x5x3

Bench needs a 5% deload. And I might start going back to close grips. That tendon in my pec isn't feeling too great.

[Moorefoodnow]

9/30/2017

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Squat - 345x5x3
Deadlift - 425x5

Garbage squats tonight and I paid for it. Knees are all over the place and I felt a good little strain in my right quad tendon above the patella. I've been battling some tendinitis for a few weeks thinking of I cleaned up my form it'd go away. Nope. Banded TKEs, ibuprofen, and some tiger balm on the knee tonight after the workout.

Deadlifts felt nice and strong though. Only 20lbs off my PR pre surgery.

[Moorefoodnow]

10/2/2017

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Bench - 312.5x3x2, 277.5x5
Press - 172.5x5x3
Pullups - 45# 5,4,3

Pretty good training session today. It was so tempting to just put 3 plates on the bar, but I didn't get greedy. Hip bump in Press 2.0 felt good for the first time today. I need to drop some weight off the Pullups and increase volume to keep them going up.

[Moorefoodnow]

10/3/2017

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Squat - 350x5x3
Deadlift - 430x5

Spent a lot of time working on my squat form. Slowed it way down so its killing my stretch reflex! But I think it paid off. Including the last warmup at 315 just because I think it's too pretty not to include!

Decided to start from a clean slate and focus on the master cue, keeping bar midfoot, and overcuing "hips back first" to get myself leaning over sooner.

Deadlifts are starting to slow down. 430x5 went well. Wasn't super happy with the way my back is set, but it isn't terrible. I'll take it.

[Moorefoodnow]

10/6/2017

My soul, this was a lot of work. We're going out of town tomorrow for a wedding so I needed to do my upper and lower split today.

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Press - 190x5RM, 170x5x2
Squat - 355x5x3
Bench - 260x5x3
Deadlift - 385x5x2
BB Row - 260x5x3

[Moorefoodnow]

10/9/2017

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Bench - 315x2x2
Press - 175x5x3
Pullups - 25# 7, 5, 3

Not a great training day. I was supposed to hit 315 for 2 sets of 3. I only got 2 sets of 2. Felt off. Could have been a number of different things, accumulated fatigue, poor diet this weekend, hot in the garage, I had done some coaching that day too. Hard to tell. But my Pullups showed that it was a bad training day too. Should have had way more reps than what I did. Probably could have rested more between sets. Blah blah blah, bad training days happen and just gotta roll with it.

[Moorefoodnow]

10/10/2017

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Squat - 360x5x3
Deadlift - 435x5

Pretty good training session today. Typical issues in the squat of upper back losing tightness, wanting to be on my heels, and not utilizing my hip drive correctly, but overall I'm happy with the way 3x5 moved. Deadlifts felt good too, although my back feels much more rounded during the lift than what's shown here! Better than the other way around, I suppose.

Still experiencing some tendinitis in my knees.... The sleeves warmth helps them but I hope it goes away soon!

[Moorefoodnow]

10/13/2017

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Press 5RM - 192.5X5 (PR)
CG Bench - 225x5x4
Barbell Rows - 265x5x3

Left pec is definitely strained. Warm ups didn't feel great and I really felt it on rep 1 at 265. Bummed, but I switched to 4 sets of close grips tonight instead. I blame riding that RPE 9+ line for too long on Intensity benches for too long. Oh well, live and learn. I don't care about my bench much anyway.

[Moorefoodnow]

10/14/2017

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Squat - 365x5x3
Deadlift - 390x5x2

Pretty happy about these. Knees aren't feeling great though..... Quad tendonitis is really being persistent!