Wow, that’s all I have to say today…wow! This workout surprised the hell out of me. I didn’t expect it to go nearly as well as it did, especially considering how the last training session went. I went in expecting to just hit the prescribed/minimum reps for each lift and heading out, but as I got warmed up and hit the first couple of working sets on squats, I realized that I had much more gas in the tank that I realized.
Last training session, I did the squats with a full reset on each rep, but that was because I didn’t have the energy to maintain a brace for multiple reps back to back. Today, I was on the other side of whatever was afflicting me last time. Squats felt locked in and tight, although I did experience a weird twinge in my lumbar region, but nothing came from it so I’m happy to say the least.
A1. Low Bar Squat – 3×5/5/5+ @ 245lbs
- 45x10x2
- 95x5x2
- 135×5
- 185×3
- 205×1
- 225×1
- 245x5x2
- 245×5+ (12 @ 8 RPE)
B1. Bench Press – 3×5/5/5+ @ 160lbs
- 45x20x2
- 95×10
- 135×5
- 160x5x2
- 160×5+ (13 @ 9.5 RPE)
- I think I might have 1 more rep in me on the top set, but frankly, I just didn’t trust my triceps to get me through it.
C1. Conventional Deadlift – 3×3/3/3+ @ 255lbs
- 45×10
- 135x5x2
- 185×3
- 225×1
- 255x3x2
- 255×3+ (12 @ 8 RPE)
- Given the weird twinge I mentioned feeling during squats, I was expecting this to be a super sub-par showing, with some kind of issues in my back…and yet, somehow, nothing went wrong. I honestly called it at 12 reps simply because I got bored with doing more. RPE was relatively challenging, but I think I’m overestimating the effort. I probably could have gotten another 5 or more reps if I had reset my grip, but given my grip-release rule, I didn’t bother pushing it.
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