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03-13-2016, 07:43 PM
#131
Sunday 3/13/2016
squats:
3x300
3x340
4x385 (rep p.r.)
3x5x340 (backoff)
rdl: 3x8x310
I had fantasies of 5x385, but the 3rd and 4th were a bit forward. The 4th was a real grind. The problem was that my back angle was changing too low in the descent, so on the backoffs I worked on keeping the back angle steady on the lower half while sitting back.
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03-15-2016, 08:18 PM
#132
Tuesday 3/15/2016
press:
5x170
3x198
0x216 (got forward a bit)
1x216 (p.r.)
3x5x182 backoff
chins: 9/9/9/9/9/5
Barely got the last rep on the 5th set of chins. The 216 press should have gone up the first time, but it was forward a bit and I didn't snap the hips well enough.
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03-17-2016, 08:17 PM
#133
Thursday 3/17/2016
power clean:
3x135
3x155
3x175
1x185
1x195
1x205
2x0x210
Same old story here. I really need to drill the 3rd pull and work on my rack position.
Deadlift:
5x375
3x425
1x475
1x485 (p.r. finally)
5x385 (backoff; grip was giving out at top of 5th rep)
rows: 2x8x290
Quite a night. I'm bushed, but at least I can still walk.
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03-20-2016, 08:21 PM
#134
Saturday 3/19/2016
I want to start working on full snatch/cleans (verrrry gradually), so I did a full warm-up and worked on pressing snatch balance. My shoulder mobility need work, and these should help that as well.
Sunday 3/20/2016
warmup + 3x10 pressing snatch balance (just pvc mobility work)
pin squat: 3x1x320
bench:
5x248
3x281
2x0x315 (more bar path errors)
3x5x264 (may have fixed it during the backoffs)
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03-22-2016, 08:15 PM
#135
Tuesday 3/22/16
squat:
5x320
3x360
1x405
0x425 (joker miss; not even close)
3x5x340
rdl: 2x8x310
I slept badly last night and 405 was heavy, so 425 was at best a hope and a prayer. No dice. I think my back was a bit too vertical at the bottom and I got stuffed.
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03-24-2016, 08:06 PM
#136
Thursday 3/24/16
press:
5x145
5x171
5x194 (yuuuge effort)
3x5x183 backoff
chins: 10/9/9/9/8/5
The 5th press at 194 got forward a bit. If I hadn't been accumulating anger from misses earlier this week I might not have had the juice to force it up. Definitely the grindiest 5th I've ever had on press.
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03-27-2016, 08:14 PM
#137
Sunday 3/27/16
power-clean:
3x135
3x155
3x175
1x185
1x195
3 misses at 205
deadlift:
5x330
5x380
5x430
5x385 backoff
rows: 2x8x290
The deadlift went well enough. I'm working on form for power-cleans and that has me thinking too hard. I'll pay the price in the short term; my lousy form has me stalled and I have to improve it to make progress.
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03-29-2016, 08:20 PM
#138
Tuesday 3/29/16
pin squats: 3x5x285 (math said 280)
bench:
5x215
5x248
4x281 (form ok, but miss)
265: 5/5/4/1
Pin squats went fine, but the bench less so. I got the top 5 at 281 last cycle, but missed the 5th tonight. The form was better than last session, though. I think this is the obvious result of dedicating most of my accessories to deadlift, and I'll keep doing so until that lift is over 500 lbs.
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03-31-2016, 08:04 PM
#139
Thursday 3/31/16
squat:
5x280
5x325
5x365 (380 is 5 rep p.r.)
3x5x345 backoff (these were hard!)
rdl: 2x8x315
I may need a slightly more horizontal back angle on the way down. Apparently I'm raising my butt a couple of inches on the way up before the bar moves. Just a couple inch adjustment, I think. A separate issue: the rep cushion is vanishing as the weights go up. 7 to 6 to 5 over the last three cycles. My recomp macros may be insufficient to support the weight increases.
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04-03-2016, 08:02 PM
#140
Sunday 4/3/16
2 mile Noland trail walk c. 32.5 lbs. in vest
press:
3x160
3x183 (math said 182)
3x205 (rep p.r.)
3x5x183
chins: 10/10/9/8/8/5
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