Pivot Block. Cycle 2. Session C

 BW - 222

Beltless Press - 125X3 @7.5

DB Full Front Raises - 20sX10, 10 @7/9

Beltless Pause Squat - 275X3 @5.5

Beltless Squat - 205X15 @5.5

Leg Press - 4.5ppsX15 @6.25

Bench Dips - BW+35#ChainsX15, 15 @6/8

Inverted Rows (feet flat) - BWX13, 13 @7/8.5

Last session of the pivot.  As I've had some very mild adductor DOMS after these beltless sessions, I'm optimistic that I WON'T have crippling adductor DOMS as I start the next dev block.

Pivot Block. Cycle 1. Session C

 BW - 222

Beltless Press - 125X3 @7.5

DB Front Raise - 17.5'sX10, 10 @~8

Beltless Pause Squat - 275X3 @6

Beltless Squat - 185X15 @5

Leg Press - 4PPSX15 @6

Bench Dips - BW+70(chains)X12 @8

Inverted Rows (feet flat) - BWX12, 12 @6/8

Trying to find a good way to allow fatigue to dissipate on squats without losing adductor fitness and struggling with DOMS in the first weeks of the next block.  

Pivot Block. Cycle 1. Session A.

BW - 230

Waist - 43"

sRPE @7

3-2-0 Beltless Squat -
230X4 @7
235X4, 4, 4 @~7.5

Machine Pullovers -
80X10 @7.5
85X10, 10 @8,9

Single-Leg, Elevated BB Hip Thrusts - BW+45X8, 8, 8 @9, 8, 7

Rope Hammer Curls - 70X12, 14 @8.5, 10

First session of the pivot in the books.

Reducing the tempo a bit on the PL variants this pivot to see what that's like.  Also, made a game-time decision to do them beltless.  Everything actually felt a bit tight and creaky.  Maybe even more ready for a pivot block than I thought.

Pullovers felt solid.  All reps paused at the top and bottom.

I'm going to be doing Barbell Hip Thrusts as an accessory next block, and I like to find ways to acclimate to upcoming, relatively novel development block movements in the preceding pivot block if I can.  One thing that should certainly be true:  doing this movement with two legs, should be MUCH EASIER than getting it set up for single-leg work.  The weird descending RPE is because of getting acclimated to the set-up and execution.

Block 7. Cycle 1. Session C.

BW - 228

Waist - 42.5"

Deadlift -
365X1 @8
370X1 @8.5
375X1 @9
330X4, 4 @~8
300X6 @8

Beltless Squat - 297.5X4, 4, 4 @~8

Single-Ply Bench - 230X3, 3, 3, 3 @8

Good session.

I had a feeling that DL was going to be better than my Training Max would indicate and it was.  This projects to be around the same e1RM as I ended the last block.  Not sure why this happened, or why I intuited it, but it was nice to have happen.  I did fatigue a bit by the end, and ended up only doing 6 reps on the last back-off set.  That set is meant to be 5-7 stopping @8, so that's fine.

I haven't done beltless worksets on Squat in a while so I had no idea what to expect.  This weight came in around 93% of Monday's belted Squat.  I was a little nervous about heavy-ish squatting with no belt, especially after DL, but it seemed fine.

A buddy at the gym gave me an extra single-ply, Inzer Blast bench shirt a while back, and I'm trying it out this block as my bench overload movement.  I cut open the back to make it easier to get on and off.  I thought I might get as much as 20% out of it, but starting off this is about 105% of Wednesday's regular bench.  Interested to see where this goes.

Video is of top sets and final work sets in each rep range.