Reply With Quotethat's the saddest thing you've ever written!!!Originally Posted by Chad Mynhier
happy turkey day
cmynhier
2017/11/20 -- squats
Squats:
Warmup:
45x15
45x5
135x5
225x3
275x1
305x1
Work:
320x3
320x1+f
320x2
Planned to do 3x3. The failure was more a form failure than anything else -- I felt the bar getting out ahead of me and couldn't reel it back in. I did a double afterwards so the failed rep wouldn't be the last thing I did. I'll try the 3x3 again next week.
I had been contemplating doing my 3x3 deadlifts today, since I'll be away Thursday. But this would have been not quite enough recovery from my 3x5 on Friday, and my performance on squats gave me pause, so I skipped deadlifts and instead did:
Chins:
10x5
I did these on 2 minutes rest. I managed bar-to-clavicle for the first 7 sets. I did manage to get my chin over the bar (without cheating) for the last 3 sets.
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that's the saddest thing you've ever written!!!
happy turkey day
cmynhier
True, but the 3x5 deadlifts I did a few days earlier made up for it.
Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving, too.
cmynhier
2017/11/26 -- bench ID, press VD
Link to current programming.
Bench ID:
Warmup:
45x10
45x5
95x5
135x3
175x1
205x1
Work:
220x5 -- 5-rep PR
Press VD:
Warmup:
45x10
45x5
75x5
105x3
120x1
Work:
127.5x4+f
127.5x3+f
127.5x3
127.5x3
127.5x3
127.5x3+f -- But I held that failure for about 5 seconds, so that's something.
So, I'm guessing that spending 10 hours driving yesterday may have taken more out of me than I thought. I'll retry this next week.
LTE:
80x12x3
Going for lighter weight/higher reps this time.
Member
nice benching and pressing!
(note to self, do not challenge chad to arm wrestling contest at local dive bar)
cmynhier
(note to self, do not challenge Mr. B to bourbon drinking contest at local dive bar)
Member
as they say at church, we all have our gifts!
cmynhier
2017/11/27 -- Squat 3's
Link to current programming.
Squats:
Warmup:
45x15
45x5
135x5
225x3
275x1
305x1
Work:
320x3
320x2+f
320x2+f
I'm not really sure what the problem was here. I'll just keep doing the current program and see how things go. (I'll repeat this weight next 3's week, but keep progressing on 5's and 1's.)
Chins:
5x6, 5, 4, 5
I was shooting for 8x6. I probably wasn't resting enough between sets to get all of these.
BB curls:
70x8x3
Rower:
3 minute warmup
6 x :30/1:30
2 minute cooldown
Max heart rate: 174
Average heart rate: 154
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it looks like you're leaning just a touch forward, which puts 320 farther out over your feet then you want it, looking at the first 'fail' video. your first rep was rock solid, second one got a little forward but you fought it off, third one forward again...
cmynhier
Yep. What usually happens is that I focus too much on hip drive and lose focus on keeping my back angle. This drives the bar a little bit forward, which leads to my problems.
Back in July I had a session with a certain SSC, who pointed out that I was going about 1" too deep on squats. I've been struggling with fine-tuning my depth ever since. I may be overthinking things. Maybe I should stop worrying and learn how to love the squat.
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