BL-20200701

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Bench 4 x 5 @ 69

Set 2 a little unstable.
Last set final 2 reps harder than the rest.

Squat 4 x 5 @ 125

2nd rep on set 3 rocked forwards and lost it. Bailed to the pins.
Last set was fine.

Barbell Row 4 x 5 @ 80

A little sore in the lumbar/glutes.
All felt pretty good.

Summary

Not too pleased with squats as defo had more in the tank.
Straps helped on row but can feel form slipping on later reps.


BL-20200629

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Press 7 x 3 @ 46

All sets good and solid here.

Deadlift 2 x 5 @ 130

Set 1 difficult last rep.
Set 2 felt pretty good.

Squat 2 x 5 @ 100

Set 1 nice and solid.
Felt ok. Rested 2 minutes.
Set 2 all good.

Summary

Generally good.
Really achey on the glutes.


BL-20200626

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Bench 5 x 3 @ 78

Felt good.
A couple of wobbly reps but feeling solid.
Resting 3 minutes.

Deadlift 2 x 3 @ 145

Set 1 rep 1 slow. The other 2 were good though.
Rested 5 minutes.
Set 2 rep 1 was a battle again but the other 2 were good.

Squat 4 x 5 @ 122.5

Resting 5 minutes.
Set 1 was a whole bunch of toe shifting.
Set 2 felt better.
Set 3 was back on the toes again.

Summary

Not too bad.
Feeling tired but have felt worse.
Cooler weather helped this morning.
Squats felt killer after heavy deadlifts/


BL-20200624

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Press 1 x 3 @ 55

Top set all good.
Back off also all good.
Last rep was a little slower.

Squat 2 x 5 @ 100

Enjoying the lighter weight to concentrate on form.
All good.

Barbell Row 4 x 5 @ 77.5

Sets 3 and 4 last few reps feeling difficult.

Summary

Hot one this morning.
Glad for the lighter weight.


BL-20200622

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Bench 4 x 5 @ 68

Feeling good and solid.
A couple of wobbly reps but good on the whole.

Squat 4 x 5 @ 120

Felt rocking on lower weights so slowed down to fix.
Rep 1 was all kinds of noises coming from knees and hips.
Reset my setup on set 3. Feeling a knot in my right lat.
Last set was on the toes a lot.
Didn’t feel great on form today.

Deadlift 3 x 3 @ 130

Set 3 rep 1 rolled. Nearly didn’t get it up at all.
All the rest were ok.

Summary

Ok morning.
Feeling really sore in the lower back/glute/hams.
Not overall pleased with squats but all else was ok.