Gish's Log

[Bradley Gish]

3/1/18

Squat
375x5x3

Press 2.0/Olympic
150x5x3

Power Snatch
135x2x6

[Bradley Gish]

3/4/18

Squat
420x5x5***
YouTube

High Inline
167.5x5x5

Rack Pull
570x5

Tough session. Very first set of squat felt difficult, but I managed to thump out all five sets, at the expense of tearing a little quad however. On the fourth rep of set 4 I felt that errie sensation of “paper tearing” in my quad up close to my knee. I shook it off after the set, inspected it, and although quite sore, I figured it was good for one more set. I managed the fifth set( which I recorded) under the blanket of caution for a new volume/ tonnage PR. Man, PRs are getting hard to come by. Couldn’t really incorporate much leg drive into my incline Press, but still managed. Rack pulls were difficult, although I think this was mainly due to me not using the straps correctly, not the quad.

[Bradley Gish]

3/6/18

Squat
340x5x3

Strict Press
137.5x5x3

Chins
BW+2.5x5x3

Quad was somewhat of an issue, but really felt good and warmed up on the final set, so that’s good. Press felt pretty good for not using any sort of stretch reflex. Ordered me some wrists wraps, which will hopefully help with my strict press. Probably won’t work for the 2.0 since I kinda have to bend my wrists back in order to get the bar in a front rack( which is what I prefer when pressing 2.0/Olympic), but I may play around with them and see what happens.

[Bradley Gish]

3/8/18

Squat
380x5x3

2.0/Olympic Press
152.5x5x3

Power Snatch
137.5x2x7

[Bradley Gish]

3/11/18

BW 240

Squat
425x3x5

High incline
170x5x3

DL
525x3***

[Bradley Gish]

3/13/18

Squat
345x5x3

Strict Press
140x5x3

Chins
BW+3.75x5x3

[Bradley Gish]

3/15/18

Squat
385x5x3

2.0/ Olympic Press
155x5x3

Power Snatch
140x2x7
YouTube

[Bradley Gish]

3/18/18

Squat
430x3x5

High Incline
172.5x5x5

HDL
495x6

Squats are finally feeling a bit fresher. Think the fatigue is wearing off from pushing the volume so hard and heavy. A couple of reps were somewhat ugly, and the quad injury up close to the knee popped up to say high, but I’m pretty confident that I have triples for at least a couple more weeks, which puts me at PR territory. Haltings felt stale, this often happens as a result of pulling a big DL the week prior.

[Bradley Gish]

3/20/18

Squat
350x5x3

Strict Press
142.5x5x3

Chins
BW+5lbsx5x3

[Bradley Gish]

3/22/18

Squat
390x5x3

2.0/ Olympic Press
157.5x5x3

Power Snatch
142.5x2x3

I actually did about 6 sets of snatches, but only racked probably 3 sets efficiently. The rest were pretty soft racks, so I’m not counting them. Missed several reps. Think that I may need to invest in some bumper plates before going any heavier than this, although I still control the miss pretty well, it’s still not ideal with iron plates on the bar. As much as I hate them, think I’m going back to Rows for a while.

3/23/18

Strict Press
130x5x4

Added another light press day. Also probably going to increase my medium 2.0 day to 4 sets as well. Moarrrrr volume!