Block 4 (Accumulation). Cycle 3. Session C.

BW - 220

Deadlift -
260X9 @6
275X9 @7
337.5X1 @6
355X1 @7
375X1 @8
290X9, 9 @~8

Front Squat -
145X7 @6
152.5X7 @6.5
157.5X7, 7, 7, 7 @~7

Dips -
BW+15X7 @6
BW+25X7 @6.5
BW+32.5X7 @7
BWX15 @8

Good session.  Since I adjusted my DL stance, it continues to proceed nicely.  Throws a wrench in data collection over the last several blocks, but who cares?

I have had some nagging right glute/high hamstring discomfort on-and-off this calendar year, and it's starting to rear it's head again, but it actually hasn't interfered with training yet, and hopefully that trend continues.

Hoped to get 160X7@7 on Fronts, but that was gonna be a touch too heavy.  All good.  157.5 was actually what the math expected, but I find that I like to walk in the gym expecting to add 10 lbs. week-over-week, and have the mathematical projection be more of my floor.

RPE on Dips continues to be a bit trickier to predict than other lifts, but this is still right around the weight I was shooting for. 

One thing I'm finding with all my supplemental and accessory lifts is that if the RPE prescription is different from the main/first lift, I have to keep that in mind otherwise I want to go to the main lift RPE.  On Dips in particular, since the back-off set is targeting RPE 8, and the Deadlifts had been RPE 8, I kept thinking my top set was supposed to be RPE 8, and I overshoot my warm-ups.

Video is of top sets and final work sets.

Texas Method Team Training. Week 12. Intensity Day

Squat - 345X4

Press - 135X4

Deadlift -
275X1
315X0, 0

Rough day today.  I have a high-hamstring strain and a low-back strain that were nagging at me coming in.  The former didn't really bother me at all today, although I could feel it pretty well on the top-set of squats.  The back pain was robbing me of all my explosiveness on the squat.  Made powering out of the hole very difficult, and so the whole lift went slow.  All 4 reps of the work set were grinders, and I failed on rep #5.

The Squats aggravated the injury and made it actually interfere with the overheads as well.  Again, I failed on rep #5, and the back pain was continual at this point; even away from the weights.

Worked up on singles with the DL just to see what was what.  Tried twice to get 315.  It left the ground on the 2nd attempt but stalled out almost immediately.

Time to rest up and recover.  On Volume Day, I expect we will pick the 5X5 weight based on how these injuries are feeling.  At most, we will repeat the same weight as  last week.  Going forward we will probably not advance those weights any time soon, and may even back them off.

On Intensity Day, we will look to keep pushing upwards.  We'll be prepared to go for sets of 5 next week if they feel good, but if not, we will switch to triples.