BLAB Log: Week 11.Day 2

Agile-8

DB Squat Jumps - 10sX5X3

BB Squat Warm-Up - BarX5, 135X3

BB Squats - 165X4, 185X2, 195X1, 205X1, 225X1, 250X1

Elevated, Single-Leg Hip Thrust - BWX10X3
super-set with
DB Side-bends - 70X10, 75X15, 75X15

Low Box Heel Touches - BWX12X2

So there's my new max in the squat.  I had to depart from the %s Defranco outlines in the program.  The prescribed weights for the day determined as %s of my projected max at the beginning of the program would have been 165, 180, 190, 200, 210.  I knew I was going for 250, and thought I better take bigger jumps getting there.  After the 250, I stared at the bar long and hard, but finally talked myself out of loading 265 to try and beat my projected max of 260.  I showed up for 250, and 250 showed up for me so I walked away.  It's still 25lbs. more than I've ever loaded on a bar. I think I'm good with the decision.

After that, talking about the accessory work seems silly.  While Defranco is right about the heel touches being harder than they look, a lot of that is just balance.  Once the form is there, it's just another solid single-leg movement.