cmynhier's Intermediate Log

[Mr. Bingley]

warmups are funny beasts, never really sure of their predictive power

[Chad Mynhier]

warmups are funny beasts, never really sure of their predictive power

Yep. I think the lesson here is to stick to the program.

[Chad Mynhier]

Press:
142.5x4 -- 4-rep PR
142.5x4

Bench press:
222.5x5
222.5x5
222.5x5
222.5x5
222.5x5

Dips:
9-minute EMOM: 7x5 + 2x4

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
330x5
330x5
330x5
330x5

SLDL:
280x8x2

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

[Chad Mynhier]

Bench press:
245x3 -- 3-rep PR
245x2
245x2

Press:
130x5
130x5
130x4+f
130x5
130x4 +2

After the last set of 4, I rested about a minute (a slow count to 30) and did two more to get the volume in.

Dips:
3xAMRAP (+25 lbs.): 8/9/9

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
265x3x5

2 minutes rest, beltless.

Deadlifts:
405x4+f -- 4-rep PR
325x5
325x5

I wish I'd set my back harder on the failed rep at 405. It may not have mattered, though, that fourth rep slowed down quite a bit.

Chin-ups:
3xAMRAP: 3x10

I think this may be the first time (at least since I started lifting) that I managed 3x10 for chin-ups.

[Mr. Bingley]

those second and third reps went up really nicely; i bet somewhere a tear of joy formed in Rip's eye as he watched the bar drag your shorts up!

nicely done!

[Chad Mynhier]

those second and third reps went up really nicely; i bet somewhere a tear of joy formed in Rip's eye as he watched the bar drag your shorts up!

nicely done!

I certainly was showing a scandalous amount of leg!

[Chad Mynhier]

Press:
145x3+f
145x3

Bench press:
225x5
225x4+f
225x4
225x4
225x4
225x3+f

I was struggling with my leg drive on these sets. Instead of pushing against the ground, I mostly fight to keep my foot in place and not shooting out. Sometimes this will leave my hamstrings on the verge of cramping, like on the next-to-last set where I straighten out my right leg at the end.

I did manage to get good leg drive on the first three reps of the last set, and those reps felt pretty solid. But then I lost it on the last rep and failed to get the bar up. (It's kinda subtle, but you can see when I don't have good leg drive, at least for my right leg. When my knee starts moving inward, I'm pulling my foot back and not pushing against the floor.)

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
335x1+f
295x5
295x5
295x5

I don't know what the problem was here. Maybe it was psychological, although I wasn't at all apprehensive going into the workout. Maybe it was physical. I've started needing two weeks to recover from heavy deadlifts, so maybe my deadlifts are starting to affect my squats. There's always the possibility, too, that 4x5 squats is too much volume for me. I'm not 18 anymore. Hell, I'm not even 40 anymore.

SLDL:
280x8x2

Chin-ups:
8x4 + 2x3