Chins, High Pin Squat, Triceps

sRPE @7

BW - 225

Chin-Ups -

-    Avg. Band Under Knee- X5, 4, 4, 3, 3 @~8.5/10

-    Long-ROM Partials - BWX6, 5, 4, 4 @8.5/10

High Bar High Pin Squat (beltless) - 

245X3 @8

275X1 @8

295X1 @9

315X1 @9.5

Pushdowns - X21, 16, 12 @~10

Felt a little woozy coming into the gym today, but I felt better by the end of the chins.

I initially thought the pins were set around parallel, but video later showed they were high.  No big.  Video did show me that I wasn't keeping my elbows down, and was forgetting to lead with my chest up out of the "hole."  Good reminder for one I rotate regular squats back in soon.

BBM Gen.S+C Block 2. Cycle 5. Session A.

sRPE @7

BW - 213

High Bar Squat - 

300X1 @6.5

290X3 @8

275X3, 3, 3 @~6.5

Press - 107.5X6, 6, 6, 6 @~7.5

Push Press - 105X3; emom; 10 minutes

Band-Assisted Nordic Curls - BWX8, 7, 6 @8.5/10

Rower -  HIIT; 16 minutes

Press was wobbly at slightly higher weight than previous weeks.  This lift is just flat even though I've devoted a few extra resources to it in recent blocks.

BBM Gen.S+C Block 2. Cycle 4. Session A.

sRPE @7

BW - 208

High Bar Squat - 

300X1 @7

290X3 @8

270X3, 3, 3 @~6.5

Press - 105X6, 6, 6, 6 @6.5

Push Press - 100X3; emom; 10 minutes

Band-Assisted Nordic Curls - BWX6, 6, 6 @6.5/8.5

Rower - HIIT; 16 minutes

Hit last week's top single on High Bar and it felt like a warm-up, so I went up.  Nice little data point in my new approach of hitting the same weights until they feel "easier than they're supposed to."

Press was also slightly easier across the board.

My wrists were feeling a little banged up after HBS (I use a narrow, thumbs-around grip on that variant) and Press.  So I controlled the eccentric a bit more on the Push Presses.  It actually felt better in general to do them that way, so I'll switch over to that.  Who knows, maybe I'll trigger a smidge more hypertrophy with the slower eccentric.

BBM Gen.S+C Block 2. Cycle 3. Session A.

sRPE @7

BW - 207

High Bar Squat - 

285X1 @7

280X3 @7.75

260X3, 3, 3 @~6

Press - 105X6, 6, 6 @7

Push Press - 95X3; EMOM; 10 minutes

Band-Assisted Nordic Curls - BWX6, 6, 6 @7/9

Felt some lingering fatigue and soreness heading into this session.

I was surprised by quad fatigue.  I guess from the Squat EMOMs on Friday?

Bench training with that crew on Saturday predictably impacted my pressing today.  I cut the main press short by one set, as pec discomfort between sets kept building.  Wanted to hedge and give that a chance to recover before Wednesday's WG Bench session.

BBM Gen.S+C Block 2. Cycle 2. Session A.

sRPE @6

BW - 206

High Bar Squats -

285X1 @7

275X3 @7.5

255X3, 3, 3 @~6

Press - 105X6, 6, 6, 6 @~7

Push Press - 95X3 EMOM 10 minutes

Band-Assisted Nordic Curls - X6, 6 @~9.5

Rower - HIIT; 14 minutes

BBM Gen.S+C Block 2. Cycle 1. Session A.

sRPE @6.5

BW - 209

High Bar Squat - 

275X1 @6.5

drop-down and work up to 265X3 @7

Press - up to 110X6 @7.5

Push-Press - up to 135X5 @~8

Band-Assisted Nordic Curls - BWX8, 6, 5 @9/7.5

Airdyne - HIIT; 14 minutes