Jeff's Log to 1200

[Jeff Brophy]

02/25/16

Weight : 211

Comp bench

x1 @ 255 RPE 8-
x3 @ 220 RPE 7.5
x3 @ 220 RPE 7.5
x3 @ 220 RPE 7.5
x3 @ 220 RPE 8.0
x3 @ 220 RPE 8.0

Supplemental deadlift : 2 Count Paused @ 1" off ground
x4 @ 315 RPE 9 ; Grip slipped from no chalk
x4 @ 315 RPE 8.5
x4 @ 315 RPE 8.5

[Jeff Brophy]

02/27/16

Weight : 211

Supplemental Bench : Close Grip

x4 @ 190 RPE 8
x4 @ 200 RPE 8.5
x4 @ 210 RPE 9

Supplemental Bench: Floor Press

x4 @ 225 RPE 8.5
x4 @ 235 RPE 9
x4 @ 235 RPE 9

[Jeff Brophy]

02/28/16

Weight : 211

Comp DL: Using a frog stance with feet a bit further away from the bar has made the pulls feel much better over the past week. I think I had my feet too close to the bar at setup.

x1 @ 435 RPE 8.0
x3 @ 380 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 380 RPE 8.0
x3 @ 380 RPE 8.0
x3 @ 380 RPE 8.0

Supplemental Squat : Pin Squat; First time doing these. They were very hard.

x4 @ 300 RPE 9
x4 @ 300 RPE 9
x4 @ 300 RPE 9

[ajvd]

How do you set the height on pin squats? Most of the videos of seen look like they're just above parallel.

[Jeff Brophy]

I've got them slightly below parallel. Tuchsherer has a good vid on them. I had my wife watch through my warmups as I adjusted the pins. Jordan has me doing them as a regular squat (Tuchsherer recommends this as well for PL), not starting from the bottom.

[Jeff Brophy]

I think I figured out why the pin squats were so hard the other day. If you're the slightest bit out of mid-foot position when the bar hits the pins their is an adjustment in position. Lowering so that I'm not anticipating the pins while at the same time holding position and overall tightness when the weight does come off is really tricky. Hopefully these will get better with time.

[Jeff Brophy]

03/01/16

Weight : 211

Comp bench:

x1 @ 260 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 230 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 230 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 230 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 230 RPE 9

Supplemental DL : No Belt; felt weak on these. I really prefer the feel of the belt for tightness during the pull.

x3 @ 365 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 375 RPE 9-
x3 @ 380 RPE 9

[Jeff Brophy]

03/01/16

Weigh : 210

Comp Squat: Slight weakness in right hip area. Just didn't feel right.

x1 @ 350 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 315 RPE 8.0
x3 @ 315 RPE 8.0
x3 @ 315 RPE 8.0

Supplemental Bench : TnG

x3 @ 235 RPE 8
x3 @ 240 RPE 9.0 ; Hands narrower
x3 @ 240 RPE 8.5

[Jeff Brophy]

03/05/16

Weight : 211

Comp DL

x1 @ 442 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 395 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 395 RPE 8
x3 @ 395 RPE 8.5

Supplemental Bench : Close Grip Bench

x3 @ 210 RPE 7.5
x3 @ 225 RPE 8.5
x3 @ 225 RPE 9

[Jeff Brophy]

03/08/16

Weight 209.5

13 days out from meet

Comp Bench

x1 @ 265 RPE 8.5.; Call it a .5 lb PR. Slight slowing of bar 2/3rds of the way up. Feel good about chance at 275 at the meet on the 20th
x3 @ 235 RPE 8.0 ; Messed up the rep count, should have been 2
x2 @ 240 RPE 8.0
x2 @ 245 RPE 8.0

Supplemental deadlift; No belt

x2 @ 405 RPE 8.5
x2 @ 405 RPE 8.5