Mitch's Log

[Mitch]

Monday 26th July

Squat: 5 x 5 @ 152.5kg
Went well, seem to be back on track now

Press: 4,5,4 @ 63.5kg
Probably didn't try hard enough on the missed reps

Deadlift: 1 x 5 @ 160kg
Did these after work as ran out of time before work, probably could have gone heavier - makes a massive difference coming to these fresh

[Mitch]

Wednesday 28th July

Bench: 3 x 5 @ 85kg
Quite a bit of pain in my shoulder doing these, might have to rethink my programming but I don't want to stop benching considering I'm relatively weak at it.

Squat: 2 x 5 @ 120kg
Felt good

Chin; 7,5,3 @ BW
Pussied out on the last set

Conditioning: 8 x 250m row with 30sec rest, 6:39.9 total
Slightly longer work sets this time, just making up conditioning sessions as I go along but I enjoy the rowing machine and it certainly gets me working hard

[Mitch]

Friday 30th July

Squat: 1 x5 @ 167.5 kg
No real drama, still hoping to hit 180kg before the start of the rugby season

Press: 3,4,4 @ 65kg
Difficult, might move to Texas method on Press but I think it's worth trying this weight again. Also thinking about adding in Dips; need to do something to get my press and bench.

Power Clean: 5 x 3 @ 85kg
Some nice lifts, some ugly ones

[Mitch]

Saturday 31st July

Sprints: 2 x 10 hillsprints of approx 15m, took a few minutes in between sets
2 laps of football pitch, sprinting to half-way line, jogging to goal, sprint across width, jog to half-way etc.

Been wanting to add sprints for a while, have done some speed work before and it made a big difference to my game, just need to make sure it doesn't interfere with my strength work.