cmynhier's Intermediate Log

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
295x3x5

2 minutes rest, beltless.

Deadlifts:
385x5
315x5
315x5

Chin-ups:
8/7/7

Rower:
2 minute warmup
6 x :40/1:20
2 minute cooldown
Avg HR: 143
Max HR: 153

I didn't put a lot of effort into these intervals.

[Chad Mynhier]

Bench press:
230x5
230x4+f -- at least it was a grinding failure
215x5
215x5
215x5

I decided to switch horses in the middle of the stream. I'm going to move to TM-style programming for the bench and press -- intensity press and volume bench on Monday, intensity bench and volume press on Thursday. I did pretty well with this at the beginning of the year, so we'll see how it goes this time around.

215 was probably a little heavy to start with, given that volume day is supposed to be about 90% of intensity day. I'll adjust it a bit next week.

Press:
130x4+f +1

After the failure, I waited about 20 seconds or so (a slow 10-count) and tried again for the last rep. If I'd planned ahead, I would have done press first and gotten all 5 of these instead of wearing myself out with volume bench first. I'm going to call this a success.

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
330x5
330x5
330x5

A bit of a deload on squats this week. Back to the scheduled weight next week.

SLDL:
285x8x2

Chin-ups:
10-minute EMOM:
10x3

Rower:
6x:40/1:20
Avg HR: 148
Max HR: 164

[carson]

Merry Christmas, Chad.

[PizzaDad]

Merry Christmas Chad.

[Chad Mynhier]

Bench press:
232.5x5 -- 5-rep PR

Press:
117.5x5
117.5x5
117.5x5
117.5x5
117.5x5

Dips:
3xAMRAP: 13, 12, 11

I discovered a little while ago that I can get more reps if I do these quickly. I may actually hit 15 soon.

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
275x3x3

Continuing my deload week for squats, these were a little lighter than usual.

Deadlifts:
395x3+f
325x5
325x5

The 3-hour hike I took yesterday may have cost me those last two reps.

Chin-ups:
3xAMRAP: 8, 8, 7

Rower:
6x:40/1:20
Avg HR: 153
Max HR: 180

On the last interval I kept going to about 1:30 so I could push the heart rate up.

[Chad Mynhier]

Press:
132.5x5

Bench press:
212.5x5
212.5x5
212.5x5
212.5x5
212.5x5

LTE:
90x12x3

[Chad Mynhier]

Squats:
350x2+f
350x2
315x5

I lost tightness at the bottom of the 2nd rep of that 1st set, but managed to get it up. I think the effort blew the chance of getting any other reps, though.

I think I'm done with this progression. I'll need to figure out what to do next for squats. Maybe just 5's instead of this rotating-rep-ranges thing.

SLDL:
295x8x2

Chin-ups:
10-minute EMOM:
5x4, 5x3

Rower:
6 x :40/1:20
Avg HR: 148
Max HR: 169

[PizzaDad]

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