sRPE was right on target through the block starting at ~@5.5 in the intro week, peaking ~@7.5 in week 4
Avg. BW was fairly stable through the block ending slightly lower than it started but ending higher than at the end of last block (+2 lbs.).
The bad:
Pivot:
- Curls started off at 84% of the end of last block. Not bottom-2-tier, but still poor.
Progress:
- TTB regressed, finishing just under where it started the block. It was in a maintenance slot, so nbd.
The less bad:
Pivot:
- Dips, DL, and Toes-to-Bar, all started off below their average block-over-block.
Progress:
- Chins, DL, and Press all progressed less than the average. They averaged ~0.76% increase between the three of them. All progress is good progress, but I can get better results than this. Press was particularly disappointing as it started the block with an e1RM of 150, and finished with a peak e1RM of 157.5 which was lower than peak e1RM in the prior block.
The good:
Pivot:
- Chins and Squat both came in fairly strong averaging about 97% e1RM from the end of the prior block.
Progress:
- Squat and Bench. They averaged an increase of 2.1% week-over-week between them. Not quite top 2-tier, but very close.
The best:
Pivot:
- Bench came in at 102% e1RM over the end of the last block. Coming out of a deload into week 1 stronger than the prior block is the goal.
Progress:
- I actually lifted weight on Curls I'd never used before (95 lbs.). Dips had peak e1RM entering all-time territory. Curls and Dips both had new top 2-tier performances averaging 3% increases week-over-week between them.
Maxi-Total:
- 2432 lbs. Best since I started tracking all 8 lifts.
All-in-all, a very good block. I learned to be a bit more willing to take my foot of the gas mid-block, and then not to go for PRs at the end of the block that are WAY outside of what the training block looked like i.e. to go more for Rep and Volume PRs in the set / rep range I'd predominantly been working with.
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