Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Chin-Up War Week 11. Day A.

sRPE @7
BW - 220

Chins -
-    up to BW+45X1 @9.5
   BWX5, 5, 5, 5 @7.5/9.5

CS Rows - 160X8, 7, 5 @9.5/10

GHR - BWX15, 11 @9.5/10

DB OH JM Press - 30sX11, 8 @~10

BB Curls - 95X10(PR) @10

Been a rough week, but managed to drag myself to the gym and grab a Rep PR on Curls.

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Chin-Up War Week 10. Day C.

sRPE @7.5
BW - 223

Chin-Ups - 
-    up to BW+45X 1@10
-    BW+25X3, 3 (PR) @8.5/9.5

1-Arm Pull-Downs - X12, 10, 9, 7 @9.5/10

Dips - 
-    up to BW+90X1(PR) @9
-    BW+60X5, 5(PR) @~10

Machine Adduction - X12, 11 @10

Lying DB Curls - 20sX9, 9, 7 @~10

Nice little group of Rep and Volume PRs on Chins and Dips.

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Chin-Up War Week 10. Day B.

sRPE @7
BW - 226

Chins -
-    up to BW+45X1(PR) @10
-    BWX3, 3 @~8

Pullovers - X16, 13, 11 @10

SLDL - 
-    up to 315X1 @8
-    275X5, 5 @7/8

Pushdowns - X20, 16 @7/10

Rope Bayesian Hammer Curls - X13, 12, 10 @~10

Haven't done weighted chins in a long time so I decided to see what was what.  Will probably start working them in more regularly.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Chin-Up War Week 10. Day A.

sRPE @7.5
BW - 224

Chins - BWX8, 5, 4, 4 @9/10

CS Rows - 135X15, 10, 8 @~10

Hack Squats - 125X10, 8 @~9

EZ OH Extensions - 60X11, 8 @~10

BB Curls - 85X8, 8, 8, 8(PR) @7.5/9

Chin strength came back a bit over last week, but still feeling plateau-y.  However, recovery is still feeling ok so I'm not sure if I should keep grooving here for a while, or think about shifting focus.  Hitting 10 reps does not feel imminent.  Maybe I back off the initial sets and see if I can hit 4 sets of 5?  Sets of 6 across at ~this BW would set some Volume PRs...

Chin-Ups remain one of my worst lifts.  However, all around upper body pressing strength is definitely in the chat.

85 for 4 sets of 8 is a Volume PR on curls.  I've backed off the RPE on the initial sets the last couple of weeks so I can grab these low-ish hanging Volume PRs.  

Saturday, November 9, 2024

Chin-Up War Week 9. Day C.

sRPE @7.5
BW - 225

Chins - BWX3, 3, 3 @7.5/8.5

1-Arm Pulldowns - X10, 9, 8 @~10

CG Cambered Bench - 
-    up to 225X1(PR) @10
-    155X5 5 @6/7.5

Leg Curls - X14, 12 @~10

Lying DB Curls - 15sX14, 12, 10 @~10

Lots of little PRs sprinkled in the last couple of weeks.  Nice.

Thursday, November 7, 2024

Chin-Up War Week 9. Day B.

sRPE @7.5
BW - 224

Chins - BWX3, 3, 3 @7.5/8.5

Machine Pullovers - X16, 12, 10 @10

ATG Pause Squats -
-    up to 315X1 @9
-    255X5, 5 @6.5/7

Rope Extensions - X16, 12 @10

Rope Bayesian Curls - X13, 12, 11 @10

Solid session.  Nice to have ATG Squats rebound a bit after a few down weeks.

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Chin-Up War Week 9. Day A.

sRPE @8
BW - 224

Chins - BWX6, 5, 4, 4 @9.5/9

CS Rows - 135X14, 10, 8 @9.5/10

GHR - BWX14, 11 @9.5

1-Arm DB OH Extensions - 25X13, 11 @9.5/10

BB Curls - 85X10, 10(PR), 10(PR) @7.5/10

Recovery has been off, and I think that impacted Chin-Up strength out of the gate.

85 for 2 and 3 sets of 10 are Volume PRs.