Bench - 165X8, 8, 8 @6/7
High-Bar Box Squat - 185X6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 @6/6.5
Pull-Ups w/ Straps - BWX3, 3, 3, 3 @~10
Back was feeling better today*, and so I was optimistic about the training session.
Bench felt fine, but still got to @7 after only 3 sets again this week. Interesting.
HBS to a low box were super solid. Still trying to keep rest times to ~2 minutes, but I ran into one of the strongest guys in the gym who I don't see that often anymore, and we inevitably got to talking training between sets. With the longer rests, the RPE just wasn't going up very much on these, so I cut it off after 6 sets. Will still probably expect a higher intensity next week.
*Tried doing mat pulls, but felt my low-back twinge just a bit after 2 reps with 225, so I shut that down. We'll try again with pulls from the floor on Friday.
I'd done chin-ups instead of DL on Monday, so today I decided to do pull-ups. I already had my straps out for mat pulls, and I was stuck using my least favorite pull-up station, so I decided to try them with straps for the first time. Wow. I really didn't expect them to make as much of a difference as they did. These were only sets of 3, but for pronated pull-ups which I haven't done in some time, these felt much stronger than I would have expected. These were very strict with a swinging, straight-arm hang at the bottom and chest to the bar at the top. It never occurred to me that grip strength might be limiting my chin strength this much.
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