Block 10B. Cycle 1. Session A.

BW - 226

Waist - 43.25

sRPE @ 8

Squat -
377.5X2 @10
310X6 @ 8.5
300X6 @ 8

WG Deadlift - 270X9, 9 @~7

Leg Press - 5.5ppsX7 @ 8

Weird session.

I felt a little out-of-it walking into the gym, but tried to rally for Squats.

Warm-ups went OK, but not great.  I backed off of my target top set weight, but it was still harder than I wanted (targeting RPE 9).  Then the first back-off was slightly heavier than I wanted it to be, but I could tell than the next set was going to be even harder, so I backed the weight off again, and hit the RPE target.  At this point, I remembered how I'd dropped a set per movement from the first week of Block 10A, and decided to do that again today to make sure I could get through it.

Then Wide Grip DL and Leg Press were all right on target.  Dunno.

Maintenance / Rehab Block. Week 4. Day 2.

BW - 225

Press -
130X5
135X5
125X7

Chin-Ups - BWX8, 5, 5, 5, 4

Pull-Downs - X8, 6, 5 (straight-weight, +"5 lbs." over last week)

BB Curls - 50X12, 12

Training day before a camping trip.  Decided to play around with RPE a bit (shhhhh, don't tell).  Was going to to shoot for 3 sets of 5 @ RPE 7, 8, 9.  Regular programming called for 142.5 for 3X5, so I was targeting that for my final set.  That ended up shooting me in the foot a bit.  125X5 felt a bit heavier than expected.  I jumped to 130X5 hoping for an @7, but it ended up being more of an @9.  Went up to 135, and it was just about a limit set.  Not sure what the take-away is.  Either it was a bad day, and I wouldn't have gotten the 142.5 for sets across even though I got 140X5X3 last week, or the additional volume of warm-up sets being all 5s generated enough fatigue to limit performance at higher intensity.  Probably the only real take-away is that I made a bunch of changes at once, and now I can't determine causality. 

Chin-ups went well, though.  More total reps in the same number of sets.

Upped the weight on pull-downs, and they really dropped off.  Will try that same weight next time.

Got to 12 on both sets of curls, so will up the weight next time.