Corey's road to 2-3-4-5

[Cju1428]

3-18-19

Pause Squat 240 4x2
Press 160 3x5 PR!
Rows 210 3x5

Press actually felt easy. Adding 5 Friday for.... anothawon

[Cju1428]

3-20-19

Squat 280 3x5
Bench 260 3x5 paused last set for a PR
Deadlift 345 1x5

[Cju1428]

3-22-19

Pause Squat 245 4x2 YouTube <-Last set
Press 165 3x5 PR!
Rows 205 1x5, 215 3x5 - extra heavy warm up set due to bad math

Thought the depth on squats looked good although I have trouble gauging exactly what part of the hip to look at to make sure it's below the top of the kneecap. Any insight on this?

[Cju1428]

3-25-19

Squat 285 3x5
Bench 265 3x5 PR
Deadlift 350x5

[Cju1428]

3-27-19

Squat 290 3x5
Press 167.5 3x5 PR
Rows 220 3x5

Skipped a pause squat day and put a 3x5 squat day in it's place because all other lifts are getting to be a pretty high effort the last 2 weeks and squat is still fairly easy... catching it up.

[Cju1428]

3-29-19

Squat 295 3x5
Bench 270 3x5 PR
Deadlift 355x5

Still going strong on squat and deadlift LP with gas in the tank. Haven't not PR'd an upper lift in 2 weeks, should buy a lotto ticket.

[Cju1428]

4-2-19

Squat 300 3x5
Press 170 3x5 PR!
Deadlift 360 1x5

[Jeff Brophy]

3-22-19

Thought the depth on squats looked good although I have trouble gauging exactly what part of the hip to look at to make sure it's below the top of the kneecap. Any insight on this?

Depth looks good to me. Crease of your hip to top of your kneecap. Your killing your hip drive by raising your chest too soon. Rep 2 you can really see it. Stay in your hips.

[Cju1428]

Yeah I used to have the opposite problem with the good morning squat. I think I was just lazy on that rep.

4-4-19
Squat 305 3x5
Bench 275 3x5 PR
Rows 225 3x5

[Cju1428]

4-6-19

Squat 310 3x5
Press 172.5 3x5 PR!
Deadlift 365 1x5 ties pr

Going to go to phase 3 of nlp for deadlifts now with rows instead of power cleans so i will deadlift every 4th workout (chins rows chins deadlifts). Will make every third squat day a light squat day with 80 percent of most recent 3x5. Working a ton of hours and worried about recovery.
On a diet note, I've been eating at least a pound of boneless skinless chicken breast every day for the last 18 days now, it's easy and cheap and I'm too fat and old to gomad. I think it's helped me hit my protein requirements for sure without having to give diet much thought. Half the time i just grab a breast and eat it cold while on a break at work or in the car. Highly recommend that for the older lifters out there. *Pregnant wife not loving it.