25 August 2021
Weight - 214
Squat - 245 (light)
Press - 135 (2,2,2,1,1), 125 (3,3,3)
Deadlift - 395x4
I'm just not getting the initial launch on the press high enough. Once it's above the forehead, I can almost always grind it out, but I'm failing to get it there. There's no way I'm doing nine singles to count it a victory, so I dropped to where I could get triples in. I may try again on Monday at 135 and see if I can film myself. It's very possible my initial bar path isn't as good as I think it is. Plan B is to go ahead and do a back-off period to re-collect the sets.
I should have had the 5th deadlift. That was on me, mentally. I still worry too much about the time I hurt my back and I was slower on the pulls than I should have been. I also took a couple extra breaths after the 4th rep, and I should have just gone for it. Another inch or two more on the 5th rep and I could have locked it out. Lesson learned. I'll repeat the weight next week. It might be time to drop to 5 lb jumps, but that's probably going to wait until after 405.