Something Really Strange Happened on Squats Today

[Brody_G]

I will try to make this as brief as possible. So on Monday I came into the gym on good sleep, calories, and preworkout and crushed 295 lbs. for depth for 5, 5, and 4 reps. Since I failed the last set (literally failed and used safety racks) I did 295 x 3 to make up for the last set I missed. I got 8 hours of sleep Monday night and reached my 3500 cal goal w/ 160-170 g of protein. Tuesday was my rest day - did the same thing as usual. Went to school crammed about 3200 cals and 155 g of protein (using MyFitnessPal to be sure). Got 8 hours of sleep Tuesday night as well. I came into the gym today, Wednesday, with 1700 cals in my system, took my preworkout, warmed up, and went to repeat 295 lbs. since I missed it on Monday. Once I warmed my way up to my 1st working set at 295 lbs I got 4 solid reps, but on the 5th rep I bounced out of the bottom and starting driving my hips upward, but it just wasn't coming. I gave it everything I had, but it was turning into a good morning squat, so I didn't risk it and let it down on the safety racks. Since I failed it on the first set, I dropped a little more than I probably should have and did 275 for 3 x 5 and made sure to sink them. Anyways, what may have caused this problem, possibly recovery or something? It really pissed me off, but I can't expect every day to be a good day. I gave it my best, so that's all that matters. Thanks for the read!

[Robert Santana]

We would have to see your squat. How many grams of carbohydrates?

[Brody_G]

We would have to see your squat. How many grams of carbohydrates?

When I went into the gym I had ~200 g of carb in me. I have a video of the 295 x 3 I was talking about to make up for the failed rep from Monday. After failing my 3rd set on Mon I rested 10 mins and did it for 3. Unfortunately, I did not get any video from yesterday’s training.

[Soule]

You lost tightness and balance on your 5th rep. I oftentimes do this and it’s a difficult habit to get rid of. So don’t make it a habit!

[Brody_G]

Was right around 200g of carbs