Press
210 lbs x 5 x 1
These weren't easy, but I felt like taking it a bit further.
215 lbs x 1 (PR)
220 lbs x 1 (PR)
225 lbs x F, F
Wow. I was pretty happy to get 220, especially considering this was my 7th heavy single. Just not enough in the tank to nail 225 on the 8th or 9th single. Another day. This is still a 10 lb PR, and a 2 PR day. I thought I was months away from attempting 225.
Bench
255.7 lbs x 4 (+1 assisted)
I knew all that extra heavy pressing would likely impact my benching. The 1st 3 reps were really solid, the 4th slowed down a bit, but on the 5th I somehow brought the bar lower slightly off my normal bar path, and ended up further down my chest than previous reps. Without the extra pressing and weird bar path, I should have easily got all 5. Will likely increase to 260 next time.
LTE
75 lbs x 3 x 15
These felt way easier today than they have lately.
BB Curls
5 x 10 (85, 80, 75, 70, 65)
Also - I saw on the site today that the SS Level 2 is coming back to Canada. I've been meaning to get to one of these for about 3 years now, and was even thinking of planning a trip to NYC or even Atlanta for the seminar. Very excited about this and I will be signing up. It would have been great if Rip came for this as I would like to meet the guy at some point, but we'll all be in capable hands. I'm hoping this will help bring my lifts up, particularly my deadlift. With some solid instruction, I may bring back the powerclean into my programming.