Year: 2020

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Press 5 x 4 @ 48

Last rep felt like a grind.
All good though.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 142.5

Heavy but felt ok.
Last rep was a tough one.

Tempo Squat 5 x 3 @ 95

Feeling good and stable here.

Summary

Not bad after a late start.
Being back at work has kicked my ass the last few days.
All lifts feeling good.
Felt solid on press and Deadlift.
Squats feeling ok.

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Bench 5 x 3 @ 77

Set 1 super heavy but moving.
Felt tight in the right shoulder.
Set 2 feeling better.
Last set slower but felt solid.

Squat 3 x 5 @ 137.5

Last warmup feeling heavy.
Set 1 failed on rep 5. Lost it at the bottom and couldn’t grind it out.
Set 2 rep 1 felt a twinge in the lower back on the left side, top of the glute.
Set 3 failed on rep 2.

Barbell Row 4 x 5 @ 77.5

Lower back feeling tight here.
Getting worse on last 2 sets.

Summary

Ok morning.
Only 2 of 3 possible PRs.
First full bail on the squats and had to do it twice!

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Press 1 x 3 @ 54

Top set all good.
Set 3 of back sets felt loose in the wrist.
Last set feeling good and solid.

Squat 3 x 5 @ 107.5

Hips a little stiff today.
Felt loose at the bottom.

Deadlift 2 x 5 @ 127.5

Set 1 ok.
Set 2 felt good.
Smashed my nuts off the bar on rep 3.

Summary

Not bad.
Light squats feel like a holiday!
All else feeling pretty good.

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Bench 4 x 5 @ 67

All feeling good and solid here.

Squat 3 x 5 @ 135

Resting 5 minutes.
Set 1 felt ok. Super high pressure on the last rep.
Sets 2 and 3 felt the same. Last rep not great.

Deadlift 2 x 3 @ 142.5

First attempt didn’t move so reset.
Set 1 feeling super heavy.
Set 2 rep 2 was awful.

Summary

90 minutes total today.
Squat felt better than I was expecting. Lower back sore afterwards.
Deadlift surprised me after 140 feeling as light as it did.

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Tempo Squat 5 x 3 @ 92.5

Bar rash on the left shoulder is slightly annoying
Apart from that, feeling solid here.

Press 4 x 5 @ 47

First set a little unstable.
Set 2 felt better.
Set 3 getting difficult.
Last set was super tough but moving ok.

Barbell Row 3 x 6 @ 75

Starting to feel heavy here now.
Last few reps felt like form was slipping due to fatigue.
Ill increase rest periods on these next time.

Summary

Nice session this morning despite the rain.

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