cmynhier's Intermediate Log

[Chad Mynhier]

Happy New year Chad. You made some great progress in 2018.

Thanks, PizzaDad. And a happy new year to you, too.

[Chad Mynhier]

Bench press:
235x5 -- 5-rep PR

Press:
120x5
120x5
120x5
120x5
120x5

Trying to figure out the best angle to observe the elbow flare. That and trying to minimize the elbow flare.

Dips:
3xAMRAP: 14, 12, 10

One step closer to getting 15 on the first set.

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
255x3x5

2 minutes rest, beltless. I'm resetting these to match the reset I'm doing on squats.

Deadlifts:
395xf
365x5
315x5
315x5

395 came off the floor with some momentum, but that momentum petered out and went negative just below my knee. I sense a pattern here -- I'm good at getting the bar off the floor but not so good at getting it past my knee.

I dropped 30 pounds so that I'd get something more than just my backoff sets.

Chin-ups:
3xAMRAP: 9, 9, 8

Rower:
6 x :40/1:20
Avg HR: 149
Max HR: 169

[Chad Mynhier]

Press:
135x5

Back to the big-boy plates for 5.

Bench press:
215x5
215x5
215x5
215x5
215x5

After the first set, I decided to work on the bar speed on the descent of the first rep. I have a tendency to go down glacially slow on the first rep (which wastes some energy) and then speed up on the later reps. The descent on the first set was about four seconds, and I was doing (probably under) two seconds on later sets.

Dips:
6-minute EMOM: 5x5 + 1x4

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
315x5
315x5
315x5
315x5

Instead of doing rotating rep ranges for squats, I'm just going to do sets of 5, but I'm going to try doing 4 sets of 5 to see if the extra volume helps.

SLDL:
275x6x2

Chin-ups:
10-minute EMOM: 6x4 + 4x3

Rower:
6x:40/1:20
Avg HR: 149
Max HR: 166

[Mr. Bingley]

Merry New Year Chad! it's nice to just toss off 20 at 315 like nothing, eh?

[Chad Mynhier]

Merry New Year Chad! it's nice to just toss off 20 at 315 like nothing, eh?

I'm not sure that I would say "like nothing", but it is pretty cool that my "reset" weight was 315.

[Mr. Bingley]

I'm not sure that I would say "like nothing", but it is pretty cool that my "reset" weight was 315.

lol, a relaxing 3 wheel reset!

[Chad Mynhier]

Bench press:
237.5x5 -- 5-rep PR

Press:
122.5x5
122.5x5
122.5x5
122.5x5
122.5x5

Dips:
3xAMRAP: 15, 13, 10+f

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
255x3x5

2 minutes rest, beltless.

Deadlifts:
395x5
325x5
325x5

I had never really understood how someone could get a deadlift past their knees but not be able to lock it out. My failures have always been below the knee -- every time I've been able to get it past my knee, I've been able to lock it out without significant effort. Well, now I understand. That last rep at 395 made it past my knee, but I had to really fight to lock it out, all the time fighting the urge to hitch it. (And at that, I think I had it locked out for a scant few milliseconds.)

Chin-ups:
3xAMRAP: 9, 8, 8