Monday, March 30, 2026

RTS Block 4. Week 1. Day 3.

sRPE @8
BW - 227

SBS - 270X7(PR), 6, 5 @~7

Bench - 
-    195X3 @8
-    230X1 @9
-    180X5, 5, 5 @~7.5

DL Paused below knee -
-    335X3 @8
-    315X4 @7.5
-    290X4, 4 @6/7

DB Bench - 65sX12, 8, 8 @~10

Solid but tiring session. Was happy to have two days off to recover.

Andrew likes to program sessions in SBD order, so DLs and DL variations tend to come later in a session. That has historically been tough for me.  There was a lot of that when I was doing Barbell Medicine templates, and it always seemed brutal.

I'm trying a new tactic:  Regardless what the comp lift of the day is, I'm driving not to the heaviest set of the main lift, but to the last set of DL.  So all through this session, between work sets of SBS and comp bench, I'd remind myself "you've got a heavy DL triple, and 3 sets of 4 after that.  That last set of 4 is the goal today."  It seemed to help in this instance.

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