Weighed in at 188.2 lbs.
Got my new shoes... the Rip by Rogue or whatever... used them for all lifts.
(sets x reps x lbs)
Squats: 5x5x230
Press: 5x5x100
Power Cleans: 3x3x140 (these were hellishly bad)
5x3x120
Chins: 1 x 6 x BW + 35.
1 x 5 x BW + 35
Did a lot of extra power cleaning so I decided to skip the bar dips and situps this time.
I had one of the last sets at 120 recorded but I can't seem to find my post on You Tube. I'll try to link here when I can.
Ok, my son and I breezed through our squats and OH Press for one good reason... we grabbed the wrong bar and didn't realize we were getting about 4 lbs less than we thought (should have been a squats 5x5 pr!). Should be for the better for me since I'm compressing this week into 2 workouts, so Thursday will be intensity day with no recovery day. Going away for the weekend for some fun before being deployed (less than a month out). It also let me focus a bit more on my Power cleans which continue to be a problem.
************ warning: bad power cleaning video below ****************
Please comment if you can.
Ok, this is my first posting of a link so maybe I get it right... maybe I don't... the image quality is horrible so don't watch if that sort of thing annoys you.... next time I'll grab my kids Webbie instead of using my cell phone. This is also the very first time I've ever seen myself doing a lift...
This is the second to last set at 120lbs, so I was starting to get tired.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6dngKFkZGs
Really, the quality is so bad it almost looks like I magically make the bar appear on my shoulders.
The helpful guy that shot the picture was actually giving me some good cues which I thought I was applying, but I don't think I gave him a very good chest up. He also said eyes forward, which I found repeated in Starting Strength. The main thing he pointed out afterwords was that at the point of my jump my quads are almost out of the lift completely. Also, my back doesn't look like I thought it would... it looks a bit too round to me. So, all in all I guess that leaves me a lot to work on... maybe 185lbs will be within reach if I can fix some things.