Felt much better in this session that I have for the last couple.
On TTB, at this BW, that's a 5 Rep PR and a 4X4 Volume PR.
Upped the intensity a bit more on the Eliminators than what I'd programmed for, but I'm still exploring the movement. It's amazing how challenging the upper back so much make my legs feel so SLOW at this low of an absolute weight.
Density; 2 reps every 0:30; 3:00/12 total reps @9.5
DB Rows - 95X10, 9 @8/10
Squat -
335X3 @7.5
225X14 @6.5
DB Curls - 40sX10, 11 @8/10
Hard session. My mid-back was fried from all the benching and upper back work, and made the late-session squats even more brutal than usual.
Squats are about to go on the front burner for a few blocks, so maybe having them first in their session for a while will mitigate some of the issues I've been having with the lift. I also tried to pull back a little and descend a little slower and deeper. Kind of hoping that going uber-controlled and extra-deep for a while will force me to pull back on the weight and fill in some of the cracks that have been opening up around this lift. Just doesn't seem productive for it to be as punishing of a lift as it has been the last few blocks.
On Bench, my current best single is 255. Next week is the last week of this block, and as usual I'll start pulling back on training volume a bit too see if I can reach for some low hanging PRs. Maybe a new Bench 1RM!
187.5X10 is a Rep PR on Bench. Think I only needed 9 for a PR, but going into it, was pretty sure 10 would be there. This was probably RPE 8.5.
256 (BW+30)X4 is a Rep PR on Chin-ups. However, these weren't feeling great. Because I was using the same weight on Dips, I used this kind of shitty/rickety chin/dip rack. First set was tough, and failed to get 4 on the 2nd set. I'll repeat this next time.
256 (BW+30)X7 is a Rep PR on Dips. These were fine. Wasn't getting quite deep enough on the first set, but the 2nd and 3rd felt better. Hate this rack for these because my face hits the upright. Final set shown.
295X9 is a Rep PR on Deadlift. These felt really good, and half-way through I thought I was going to bang out 10. Upper back started to feel really fatigued after 6, though, and I didn't want to force 10 when 9 was a PR.
All in all, everything felt better than the previous session. As expected, that first session back from vacation sucked, and these subsequent sessions should be better.
