Upper Push and Quads

sRPE @7

BW - 219

Bench - up to 205X1 @8

Single-Ply Bench - up to 245X1 @9.5

Dips - BWX8, 7, 6 @8.5/9

DB Curls - 25sX12, 10, 8 @8/9

super-set with

Roman Chair Squats - BWX11, 10, 8 @8.5/9

Posterior Chain was still very sore from the last "instinctual" training session.  So I focused on Pressing movements and a quad-heavy lower body movement.

Only the 2nd time I've ever broken out the bench shirt.  Was a lot trickier than I remembered.  Had to add a belt to hold it in place so that the tensest part stayed on my sternum instead of sliding up towards my collar bones.  Even so, I still had some technical challenges in the assisted portion of the lift.  On the 225 rep, it actually tried to windmill coming off my chest and I had to pull it back into position.

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.