Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Pivot Block. Cycle 1. Session A.

BW - 215

5-3-0 Tempo Squats 225X4, 4, 4 @~6

Front Rack BB Step-Ups - BarX8, 8, 8 (each leg) @~5.5

High Incline Bench - 115X7, 7 @~6

Inverted Row - BWX7, 5, 5

BB Curls - 45X10, 10, 10 @~8

Conditioning - Treadmill; 20 minutes walking

Start of the pivot block.  Goal here is to drop stress enough to allow fatigue to dissipate, but not so much that I detrain to a point that complicates the start of my next block (excessive DOMS, etc.).  Also, to get some volume in with movement types that are in the next dev block, but weren't in the previous block.

Volume here is much higher than my previous two pivot blocks, but only about as high as the lowest volume of the last three dev blocks, and much lower than the volume in the previous or upcoming dev blocks.

Notes:
Intended to do front rack reverse lunges for a single-leg movement, but my left quad said "fuck you" to that.  Still didn't totally love these step-ups either.  Surprising, because it gave me no trouble in the tempo squat.  Will monitor closely as I'm planning Front Squats for the next block.

Inverted rows were MUCH weaker than expected.  That's good, because I can grease the groove a bit and hopefully the BB Rows in the next block will benefit.

Video is of 2nd sets of the first three movements.  Wasn't particularly  motivated to film any of this.




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