LRB Back & DL. Week 1. Squat

BW - 207

High Bar Squats -
BarX10
95X5
135X5
155X3
175X2
185X1
155X5, 5, 5, 5, 5 (135 - 155 sets done in 10:50)

RDL - 135X25, 18, 13 (56 total)

Single-Leg Press - 1ppsX20, 20, 20, 20

Incline DB Curls - 25sX12, 13, 10

I was very skeptical of this 5X5@60% from the LRB Basebuilding manual but the pace made it a lot of work.  I based this on an EDM of 255, although my best High-Bar Squat is 255X5 and I've done 155X20.  However, getting all the work-sets and the bulk of the warm-ups done in just over 10 minutes, all while moving the bar as fast as possible while keeping good form...well, I was sweating my ass off, anyway.  We'll see how it plays out.  It doesn't "feel" like strength work because all the reps were fast, and my conditioning seemed to be the only limiting factor.  May need to bump the weights; I'm not sure.

The RDLs are "350 sets," that is trying to get 50 reps in 3 sets.  Grip was the limiting factor here.  Next time I'll bring the straps out, and maybe up the weight slightly.

Haven't done single-leg pressing in almost a year.  Thought I'd go back to that here as the purpose of this day is actually to try and finally start building some more strength of the floor on DL.  Last April, I was up to 1.5ppsX18, so I'll start shooting to beat that immediately.

I'm throwing a smattering of biceps in on all my days to see if frequency can help make up for my lack of motivation to have a lot of biceps volume on any one day.