So definitely not the workout I was hoping for.
I typically squat to a bench that I thought was parallel for me. I decided to forego that and do my squats without the bench to gauge depth.
Warm ups didn't go particularly well but I've had worse and I thought no big deal.
Loaded up the bar to 345 which would have been a 40lb PR my estimated max on my last 2 heavy sessions was 350 and 360 so I thought I'd be OK.
345 x 0
Got pinned down and never had a chance :worried:
Decided to at least get something and put 315 on the bar.
315 x 1 for a 10lb PR or so I thought. I did video this set and when I watched it I was floored at how high I was, at least 2 or 3 inches.
Very disappointed for a few reasons:
1. Let my ego override common sense. I should have been watching video of my squats the whole time so that I could have found out that one of the reasons I'm putting up bigger weights is because I not going to depth.
2. Be more critical of depth. In retrospect I always thought the bench I use for depth might be a little high but did it anyway b/c I really want to get a 3 plates squat. :nervous:
Plan going forward is to still squat to something for depth but now I'm using a milk crate that I'm 100% is below parallel for me and I'll be dropping my working weights quite a bit as well.
Looks like the quest for 1,000 just took a few steps back I probably won't be maxing out the other lifts now. I did a max deadlift 2 weeks ago and got a heavy double for bench a few days before that.
So for anyone keeping score I'm at:
Bench 225 x 2
Deadlift 355 x 1
Squat 315 for a very high single (soon to fix that)
And about 2 Hours later
Annoyed enough at myself that I decided that I needed to get an idea of where I'm at with my squats so I changed my work calendar to "at a meeting" and went back out to the Garage.
Video'd all sets for my review. I'll post the final one later today. Decided to use the pins on my power rack to measure depth. That way I won't learn the habit of sitting back to something.
135 x 10 (still a little high)
reset the pins to the same depth I use for catching the bar on bench press
185 x 1 not too bad, damn that a long way to squat
215 x 1 see above
235 x 1 RPE-8.5
255 x 1 RPE-10
Video of the final set to come later. Not super excited about the weight but I am happy with the form and depth.
Decided to drop the box all together and set the pins really low on my power rack. I don't want to get into the habit of sitting back to a box which I think is one of my problems.