Mobility Prep
Dumbbell Front Squats to Box (15”)
bwx25
kettlebells
15’sx20
dumbbells
40’sx12
40’sx12
40’sx12
16” Rack Pulls
45x15
135x5
225x3
315x2
405x1
Added Straps
495x1
585x1
660x0
650x0
Comments: I was hoping I’d have a good session today. But
hope is not a strategy as I’ve heard a few times haha. I guess I thought
despite having stiff lower back and hips that I’d be good to go as I had hit PR
log press feeling like this. I wanted to do this workout during my lunch so
that I could eat a big lunch to refuel and then be able to relax the rest of
the day. Didn’t go as planned. I did get a large, tasty lunch set for delivery.
Warm-ups I felt ok. I could tell on the squats that my hips and lower back were
still a bit beat. I really prefer the goblet squats to the front squats. Not
sure if it is because of the weight being double or the positioning of said
weight. Nothing feeling too bad. I’ve done these weights before time and time again.
The real meat and potatoes (what was going to be my lunch) was the rack pulls.
Plan was a “safe single”. That didn’t happen. I had asked ahead of time what
would be that based off last session of rack pulls and told 660lbs. So that was
the low end and 675lbs was the high end. Really depended on how I felt. Hard to
say until you get up in weight. I figured that to have the best success and to
get done in time to get back on the clock was bigger jumps of 90lbs. That is
about how things start and then above three plates the quarter-plate jumps. I
figured that I’d be too worn trying that to hit anything above 585lbs. I felt
good until I got to 495lbs and then stuff felt darn heavy. I still was telling
myself that I could do 660lbs even with how 585lbs went. I got ampd for it and
it got to below my knees and no more. I went to my knees and cursed. I was so
angry and pissed off. This drop also crushed the left side saw horse down so it
was 2” lower. The next thing was also stupid because I really didn’t feel like
doing the abdominal stuff to finish up. I’ve missed a weight like this before
in the past and took 10lbs off and got it so I figured I could take the rest,
fix the sawhorse and go again with 650lbs. Too much effort today, it moved but
wasn’t as high as 660lbs got. I was defeated today. Tired, unmotivated to do
abdominal work. I wanted to eat lunch. I think I strained too much and I was so
hungry and thirsty that my stomach was literally cramped up the rest of the
day. I ended up going to bed early, taking a salt muscle bath soak, Tylenol and
muscle relaxer so I could rest and recover. I really need to adjust how I
approach this kind of stuff. The smart thing would’ve been to stop at 585lbs
considering how I felt. A slightly less smart thing would’ve been to just do
640lbs. I pushed too hard to early with getting 635lbs double. Going for a
70lbs PR the week before will do that too. I’ve been lifting so long but I
still seem to not be lifting smart. All I can really do is try to work the
recovery stuff and hope I haven’t messed up things for too many workouts.
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