Mobility Prep
Deadlifts
45x10
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x3
315x2
365x1
405x1
Added Straps
455x5
Precor Angled Single Leg Presses
136x5/5
236x5/5
336x5/5
436x5/5
536x23/23 PR+20lbs & 2 reps
Hanging Knee Raises
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bwx40
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Stretching
Comments: It has been difficult to get things right for
sleeping. Symptoms seem less and less despite weights going up. Weight
(bodyweight) is up a bit as I’ve been trying to not miss any meals in the
evening. I’ve always been hit or miss with a shake before bed if I’ve eaten
dinner too late. Doing this I feel a lot warmer in the morning. I didn’t feel
like I needed to do foam rolling this week. Really cold today. Weather is
almost yo-yo-ing. Warm-ups felt good. Knees a bit achy. Deadlifts again. Based
off where I got last time, I was do work up to 455lbs for a top set. Plan being
1-5 reps depending on how I felt. Warm up and then do quarter-plate jumps. Back
was feeling a lot better than last time. I had not felt like this was going to
be good though when I had initially read the sheet to say that it was going to
be triples all the way up. But that was not the case and it was bit reduced
volume so not bad work up. I do feel like I move slower with bracing the pull
but it is what is needed to keep the back safe. I wanted to try and do all the
sets with no straps up to the top set like last time. Not that I need the extra
grip work I guess. Lower back was feeling a bit tight on the left side. Felt
really heavy and slow again on the top set. Video says these were much faster
and smoother than they looked again. It definitely showed a slow down on that
last rep. Not quite a max but close. At least that is how it felt. Looked like
I could’ve done like double from the video. Progress, just might not be fast
enough. But it is a good thing. Slow, steady, control. Single leg presses after
that. Same as last time but 20lbs more for that top set. I knew this was going
to make my knees ache like last time. The weight is 100lbs more than what I was
doing 7-8 months ago per leg. I put on the copper knee sleeves to try and help.
I did 100lbs jumps today because I didn’t want to mess with putting on 10lbs
plates at the start and I kind of wanted to just use up all the 25lbs plates
because. I had to keep checking that I wasn’t doing the work weight the last
two work up sets. It felt heavy. But it wasn’t the work set. Work set was damn
heavy. Felt like my tibia and femur would crack. Like, how did I even get that
first rep. I seriously thought that I was going to get like five reps but then
I kept going and grunting and it got easier and there were are at over 20 reps.
It was quicker on the right side but almost as difficult. Didn’t feel quite as
bone crushingly heavy on that side but darn heavy. I’m still not sure how I
pulled this off but I guess this is only the second time of high rep leg
pressing so maybe this is the adjusted session after that first one back. Hanging
knee raises to end the day. Since I had gotten a little off track with things
and did weird reps, I figured I’d correct things to even them out by aiming for
40 reps on all three sets. No pec pull this time. I made sure that I got this
in the right spot haha. Felt good on the back. More grip work with the hip
flexors and abdominals. Left side definitely is more fatigued by the end here.
Home for stretching, recovery work and meatloaf.
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