April 3, 2015 – Week 6, Day 3

Dynamic Warm-ups

Barbell Push Presses
45x10
75x5
105x5
135x3
165x3
195x1
225x1
250x1
250x1
250x1
250x1
250x1
250x1
250x1
250x1

Close Grip Barbell Bench Presses
45x10
95x5
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x1
305x6
305x4
305x2

JM Presses
165x8
165x8
165x8

Neutral Grip Pull-ups
bw+10x6
bw+10x6
bw+10x6

28 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: Knees were super achy going into this workout. It was to be expected with the bump up in weights for hatfield squats and yoke on Wednesday. Took a while for the blood to get flowing in the joints. No weird calf muscle tightness so that was good. My right pec tightened up something fierce unracking my last warm-up. Kind of the opposite of how it felt last week on push presses as the weight felt fine on my chest and shoulders but was a bit slow on the lockout. I didn’t feel like the weight was going out in front of me either. Like last time, the last single was the best. Probably because I know the sets are done. Had to go to the upstairs section for the rest of the workout as the only bench I can use downstairs was in use. I mean, it is the same bench setup upstairs but it feels different. Possibly just a mental thing. My right shoulder and pec were tight doing warm-ups and my last one felt unreasonably heavy. Lots of slop on the benching but I got the reps. Triceps felt like pistons as I was able to keep grinding out the lifts. Definitely harder than last week. JM presses after that. Elbows ached but the weight was good and I still like how these feel. Added another rep each set for the pull-ups. About the same until the last rep of the last set where I started to feel a little fatigue in my arms. Stretched and called it a night.