Pardon the length, huge update – capped off my 5-3-1 week this morning. I’m ready for a deload for sure now. Stayed busy over the weekend working on the yard - laying patio stones, etc. When I wasn’t working, it was lift, eat, rest. I’m going to see the comedian Doug Stanhope tonight. I wanted to make sure my squats were finished this morning, instead of trying to tackle that tomorrow morning.
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OHP
125x5
140x3
155x3
Superset with Chins
32.5x5
37.5x3
41x4
5 sets - superset
OHP (w FatGripz) - 85x10
Chins - BWx10
The 3rd rep of 155 was a grind – I was hoping for more but couldn’t find it. Chins were solid though – happy about the progress here.
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DL (superset with ab rollouts x10)
300x5
340x3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqwDTHUzBng
380x3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub8a1EFOR2w
5 sets - superset
Deficit DL – 200x10
Hanging Leg Raise – BWx12
Ab Twist – 10x10
DLs were ok – but had some issue. Last set, wasn’t sitting back enough off the start, shoulders a little over the front when I started the pull, causing the 1st rep to be a little bit of a grind. So I’m a dumba$$ - 2 rep felt great, but I felt like I might’ve been close to the pins coming up (doesn’t look like it on vid though). Instead of just rolling it back after the rep, I for whatever reason, decide to walk it back… It work somewhat unconscious decision that I caught myself making. I completed the next rep, but was too flustered mentally at that point for another
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Bench (superset with wide cable pulls 80x10)
180x5
200x3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OsjcZrl5dA
225x5*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ncj_pSMKh0
5 sets - superset
Bench (w FatGripz) - 120x10
wide cable pulls - 80x10
Bench went pretty well. I was able to get the groove of engaging my lats that clicked last week. Leg drive is clicking more & more each session. I feel like bench is catching the best carryover from the increased chins & pull downs at this point. 5th rep I felt my butt start lifting-caught the butt lift before it got away from me, but not sure if it was legit. Tried a new camera angle – thoughts?
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Squat (superset with SLDL 115x10)
235x5
265x3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tlv6WrM-_V0
295x3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJVOaTmwerc
5 sets – superset
Squat – 160x10
SLDL – 115x10
I’m starting to see some good progress squatting. The vid looks better than these felt. I killed it after the 3rd rep as I felt form was toast. I can see (& felt it during rep) I was looking down & wasn’t driving into the bar, but really think I should’ve stayed with it for another rep – I had the speed, just correct my head position & drive that f@cking bar up!... Next time… I’m burying depth – probably need to work on cutting off a couple inches up. I’ll work on finding a better camera angle so I get your opinions -
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White Flood notes – put it to the test these sessions & it held solid. Definitely need to be careful with combining agmatine with it on leg day, though, as the pump was getting kinda brutal by the end of those 5 sets. I keep saying the same sh!t over & over, but not sure how else to describe it – this is a solid product.