445 Felt good, man. I'm still scared of long sets (anything over 3 reps) on a heavy squat right now, though ... sigh.
GIP2, W11D3
Press 10s
Press: 155x10x3 (V30 PR)
Tried and failed to do this for three sets of 8, about 4 months back. This was a smoke-show, knocked out matter-of-factly between my friend's bench sets (see "Tim's Log," in Novice section).
In slow-mo on the video, 3rd rep locks out so I'm counting it. But immediately after lock, R grip started to slip. I'm now realizing that my whole right arm is in a bit of distress right now: The elbow bursitis is also impacting grip strength. So, yeah ... need to back off the volume or intensity or both to train through this a bit while letting it heal. Wish I still had my Diclofenac.
T: 2625
TW2Jan: 22165
01-18-2020, 01:55 PM
Adam Gottstein
Yeah, you can see the right hand loosen a bit, but you should count it, especially if you have some elbow bursitis impacting your grip. It might have been a competition flag (not sure on those details), but it was on rep 3. If all 3 looked similar, then I'd expect it to be more of an issue. I hope the elbow heals soon and well.
01-19-2020, 04:40 PM
Geoff Bischoff
Yeah man. This elbow biz is nothing new. Every time it goes away I naively think it's over for good, but heh, that's silly. I did notice that my elbow felt better after deadlift day. Makes me glad I reapproached for a triple at 405 to get some more volume.
Got 'em done. This is a small PR for 6 reps. They came up slow and tough. I'm a bit mentally fatigued right now. I'm running out the rest of the week's training however I can, and then next week I'm going to take one of my "mental breaks," which will either be a 3-week pause for a 5-3-1, or a 6-week pause for a Candito 6-week.
T: 2430
TW3Jan: 3445
Tonnage is way low. Might stay that way this week.
01-24-2020, 12:46 AM
Geoff Bischoff
GIP2, W12D2
Press Progression, Volume Deadlift
Press: 207.5x3x3 (V9 PR)
Press progression continues. Next prog-hit is three doubles; I'd have to check my log to be sure but I think it's supposed to be 212.5x2x3.
Deadlift: 405x10
Holy balls I felt this one. Jacked my heart up to 168 bpm.
T: 5295
TW3Jan: 8740
01-26-2020, 05:04 PM
Geoff Bischoff
Break Time! Wendler(ish) 531
Okay, this is my mental break now. Doing a quasi-Wendler for 3 weeks. 1 lift/day, 4 days.
Tried for 7. Knew it was a mistake, did it anyway. Got a 4.7 second grind out of it at least.
This 6PR replaces an 8-month-old entry of 295.
T: 4655
TW4Jan: 4655
01-28-2020, 08:22 PM
Geoff Bischoff
531 Week 1: 5s Week
Squat: 345x5, 365x5, 385x6
And ... pulled my right hamstring on rep 6 of the top set. Which is a bummer since I was feeling really solid going into this.
So this 531 isn't going to happen; instead I'll be rehabbing. Tried to do rows after; couldn't even get into position. Was working with Tim, and when he was deadlifting I started rehab with:
Deadlift: 135x5x2, 185x3
Twinge-y but not excruciating. I'll start rehab from here. I'll find out in a couple days if I can bench and press normally around this, or if I'm going to have to back those off too.