Year: 2023

#BLOC #Lifting
https://youtu.be/cpP9yd-4UNc

Tempo Squat

Resting 2 minutes.
All good here.
Pleased with these.
More in the tank but felt like a good starting point for RPE6.

Block Pull

Resting 2 minutes.
Feeling good here too.
Again, more in the tank but being conservative and focusing on form.

More open start position make me wonder if this might be more of a mobility issue than I initially thought.

Summary

All good today. Really pleased to be moving weight and not tightening up.

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Bench 1xAMRAP @ 89

Resting 2 minutes.
All good.
6 on the top set.

Log Press 3XAmRAP @ 35

Resting 3 minutes.
No problems here.
Balance trouble on a few later reps probably down to fatigue.

Negative Chins 2:45 AMRAP

All good here. 14 total.
Last few dropping quickly as usual.

Summary

Good pressing. None of it seemed to aggravate anything in the lower back which must be good news.
Explanation attached to last sessions thread.

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Log Push Press 1xAMRAP @ 59

Resting 3 minutes.
5 reps on the top set.
Feel like the arms could do more but the log crushes the wind out of you at the bottom of the rep after breathing at lockout.

Axle Bench 3xAMRAP @ 65

Resting 3 minutes.
12/12/10
All good here.

Pushups 1X2:30 AMRAP

22 reps.
Felt ok but hips probably still lagging.

Summary

Feeling better today. All lifts felt good.
Spent about an hour on Tuesday evening rolling/stretching out the legs/hips then did the same yesterday.
Will spend some extra time on Prehab tomorrow morning before starting any lifts and see how that goes.

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https://youtu.be/KeFxS413U0Q

Squat 1×5 @ 146

Resting 2 minutes.
Took a long warmup today as back was feeling pretty stiff yesterday.
Had to reset on unpack initially which was followed by a single rep.
Fully reset again for a second single.
Left side lower back and glute not feeling great.

Checked video and looks like I’m slow on getting the knees forwards.

Deadlift 2×5 @ 132.5

Warmup here felt better than squat.
Set 1 broke the floor before feeling way off in the left glute and, for some reason, the mid thoracic.

Check the video here too but can’t see any glaring issues. Maybe not setting the back hard enough.

Summary

Uploading everything today…
Lower back feeling tight again.
Managed 2 squats and a quarter deadlift in total.

Shit is beginning to get old tbh.

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https://youtu.be/OXuzLVz6Das

Bench 1xAMRAP @ 95

Resting 2 minutes.
All good here.
3 Reps on the top set.

Axle Press 3xAMRAP @ 40

Resting 3 minutes.
10/10/8
All ok. Felt a bit of a pop in the mid trap during set 2 but seems to be ok.

Negative Chins 3:30 AMRAP @ BW

Not too bad here.
Trap feeling a bit worse.
15 reps total.

Summary

Not too bad overall.
Bit of a weird knot in the mid trap.
Have physio later so will get it fixed.