Geezling moves to Texas

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Tuesday 12/8/15

power-clean:
3x135
3x155
3x175
1x185
1x195
0x200 (thinking too much; no jump)
0x200 (hit the knees)
1x200 (finally; duhrrr)
0x205

deadlift:
3x345
3x395
3x445 (only matching a rep. p.r. from way back in March)

rows: 2x8x275

Not a great evening. Could be the beer tower at the pub last night had some lingering ill effects.

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Friday 12/11/15

pin squats 3x3x290
bench:
3x231
3x264
3x297 (rep p.r.)
3x5x264

The top set felt quite heavy, but at least it went up.

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Sunday 12/13/15

squat:
3x290
3x330
5x375 (rep p.r.)
3x5x330

rdl: 2x8x300

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Wednesday 12/16

press:
5x169
3x191
1x213 (p.r.)
3x5x180

chins: 8/8/8/7/7/7/5

The backoff sets were pretty sloppy tonight, but all went up.

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Friday 12/18/2015

power-clean:
3x135
3x155
3x175
1x185
1x195
1x200
0x205
1x205 (match p.r.)
0x210

deadlift:
5x 370
3x420
1x470
1x480 (p.r.)

rows: 2x8x275

Not bad. I missed 480 last month but it went up fairly comfortably tonight.

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Monday 12/21/2015

(at the globogym while visiting family)

box squat (can't do pin squats)
3x1x310

bench:
5x250
3x280
0x315 (slick bench, clunky bar, etc., so not that surprising)

backoffs at 265: 5/5/4 (one miss; oh well)

I was pretty exhausted from driving to MI the previous day, so I'm not upset about not being 100%. But I did pull something in my lower back in the warmups to the pin squats, and THAT might be a problem. It's really sore right now, so I'll have to see how I recover in the next couple of days. If I feel good I'll move on to the squat workout (probably reverting to 3x5 instead of 531); if not, I'll do a 3x5 press day and start the cycle afresh.

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Thursday 12/24/2015

(day 2 at the globogym)

press:
5x145
5x170
4x190 (miss)
3x5x180

chins: 8/8/8/8/7/7/4

My back is recovering, but not recovered yet. I thought it wiser to skip the squats for today and cycle around to 3x5 press. Deadlifting on the 26th will be the real test.

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Sunday 12/17/2015
(day 3 at the globogym)

power-clean:
3x135
3x155
3x175
1x185
1x195
0x200
0x200
(blech; bars don't spin well here)

deadlift:
5x325
5x370
4x420 (grindy 4th; 5th no go)

rows: 2x8x280

Not surprising that I couldn't get the 5th. Given the crap polygonal plates and the bar's resulting tendency to wander around the floor I had to reset my feet for every rep. I also pulled up with a sore right oblique during power-clean warmups. It's still sore. Other than that, the back has recovered pretty well, so it might be a new injury. Man, I can't wait to get back to the home gym.

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Monday 1/4/2016

pin squat: 3x5x270

bench:
5x215
5x248
5x281 (match p.r.)
3x5x264

Yep, I really screwed myself up deadlifting with the poly-plates. I must have been picking some of them up without being squared up properly and really pulled something on my right side. After a week of doing nothing but walking like Gumby I got back to the home gym last night (thank God) and had a nice, normal workout.

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Wednesday 1/6/2016

squat:
5x270
5x310
5x355
3x5x330

rdl: 2x8x300

I didn't really squat in the 2 weeks I was away from home, so I've lost a bit here. Before the break I had 7 reps at 355. I got all of the backoff volume, so I should be back up to snuff in a week or so.