Squat: 160kg x 1 x 2, 140kg x 2 x 5 Press: 60kg x 2 x 5
Just some random maintenance stuff after the break so I'm not completely rusted for the first work week of this year on Saturday. The squat was unreasonably heavy. Then again, I pretty much haven't moved at all the past week.
01-08-2022, 07:57 PM
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08/01/2022 - Volume
Squat: 146kg x 5 x 5 (85% offset) - felt weird, not weak per se, moreso fatigued Bench: 76kg x 5 x 5 (90% offset) Deadlift: 150kg x 3 x 5 (85% offset)
01-10-2022, 03:05 PM
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10/01/2022 - Recovery
Squat: 116kg x 2 x 5 Press: 56kg x 3 x 5 Bench: 90kg x 1 x 1 Chinups: 3 x AMRAP (after the session)
01-12-2022, 11:50 AM
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12/01/2022 - Intensity
Squat: 172.5kg x 1 x 2, 155kg x 2 x 2 - Pretty terrible. It is an all-time squat PR, but I was supposed to do 3 doubles. The second rep on the first one was atrocious. RPE 57. Kind of strange considering that the 170kg doubles went okay-ish. I will repeat 172.5kg next week as well, and if that goes poorly, I will have to rethink my programming (as I seem to have other external factors dialed-in, more or less). Bench: 85kg x 1 x 5, 87.5kg x 1 x 2, 85kg x 2 x 3 - pretty good Deadlift: 177.5kg x 1 x 3, 160kg x 1 x 5 (90% offset) - managed to complete the top triple this time, however the last rep was ugly as fuck. May have to move to doubles, I don't know.
01-17-2022, 11:53 AM
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17/01/2022 - Volume
Squat: 146kg x 5 x 5 Press: 61kg x 5 x 5 Deadlift: 152.5kg x 3 x 5
01-21-2022, 10:59 AM
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21/01/2022 - Intensity
Squat: 172.5kg x 1 x 2 - again - not good. The first rep was somewhat okay, but the second one was RPE99 again. So I skimped on doing the other 2 doubles sets. Maybe I shouldn't have, idk. Don't know how to approach this problem from a programming perspective, though my recovery outside of the gym hasn't been on point lately either - very little sleep the past 2 weeks. Press: 68.5kg x 2 x 3 - very good. Easy. Red plates next press intensity session. Deadlift: 180kg x 1 x 3, 162.5kg x 1 x 5 - strange. I planned on hitting the top set for a double (as triples @ 177.5kg were nearly impossible, I had to repeat the weight 2 times), however it was pretty easy so I went for the third rep and it went up easier than 177.5kg did a week ago. I can't gauge whether I'll be able to do 182.5kg for a triple next week, though I will try - if it goes up it does, it if doesn't it's time for doubles.
01-24-2022, 11:24 AM
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24/01/2022 - Volume
Squat: 145kg x 5 x 5 (85% offset) - intensity isn't going up and so volume isn't either, weight-wise at least Bench: 78.5kg x 5 x 5 (90% offset) Deadlift: 155kg x 3 x 5 (85% offset)
01-26-2022, 10:52 AM
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26/01/2022 - Recovery
Squat: 115kg x 2 x 5 Press: 57.5kg x 3 x 5 Chinups: 3 x AMRAP (11/5/5)
01-28-2022, 04:16 PM
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28/01/2022 - Intensity
Squat: 170kg x 1 x 1 (??? felt atrocious, will rethink programming entirely) Bench: 87.5kg x 1 x 2, 85kg x 1 x 3, 80kg x 1 x 5 - wanted to hit 87.5kg for a triple, will try it again Deadlift: 182.5kg x 1 x 2, 165kg x 1 x 4 - as expected
01-31-2022, 04:26 PM
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31/01/2022 - Volume
I keep putting off investing serious time into rethinking the whole situation so I just dialed down the volume on the squat today as I simply cannot seem to recover well from volume the past 5 (?) weeks. It's not even that I'm sore, the entire lower body just hurts everywhere for the next 3 or so days.
Squat: 145kg x 3 x 5 Press: 62.5kg x 5 x 5 (90% offset) - it was fine, but perhaps I should dial the offset down from 90% to 87.5% or something next time Deadlift: 152.5kg x 3 x 5 (82.5% offset)