March 25, 2014 – Week 10, Day 1

Dynamic Warm-ups

Axle Clean & Strict Presses (clean every rep)
72x5
72x5
116x3
116x3
160x5
180x5
200x5
220x5
240x5
250x5

Seated Axle Lockouts (forehead height)
165x5
185x5
205x5
225x4

30 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: Ugh, I hate cleaning the weights. So much bruising haha. Really surprised myself on these today and I think my technique is getting better and better with the axle. Really taking advantage of the rebound from racking the weight to just shove it up there. I could tell when my timing was off as the weight felt 10x heavier. I had thought 220lbs would be my top end but I was wrong. Then I thought 240lbs was it but again I was wrong. I'd say the 250lbs was easier because adding the plates kept it from bouncing. Only downside to this workout (besides belly bruises) was that my right shoulder just got super achy after my last rep with 250lbs. Going to need to keep an eye on it. Moved from there on to seated axle stuff. I wasn't expecting much here on account of doing them last week and doing a whole bunch of strict pressing beforehand. Achy shoulder didn't help matters. Did what I could but 225lbs was too much for me this time. Did a bunch of stretching to finish up the day.