Author: G Meredith

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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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Bench 5 x 3 @ 76

No arm issues.
Good sets. Didn’t feel too heavy.

Squat 3 x 5 @ 135

Last warm up feeling heavy.
Set 1 rep 5 was a grinder.
Rested 5 minutes.
Set 2 rep 5 was a killer again. Felt like I was about to pass out.
Rested full 5 minutes again.
Set 3 rep 3 racked as tunnel vision was coming in. Took an extra 5 minutes before setting up deadlifts.

Deadlift 3 x 3 @ 127.5

A little sore in the lower back.
All felt ok.

Summary

Long one today. Clocking in around 2 hours work.
Failed on squats but all else was ok.

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Press 1 x 3 @ 53

Top set felt all solid.
Back sets started to grind towards the end.
Set 3 failed the last rep.

Squat 3 x 5 @ 132.5

Last warm up set felt super heavy.
Set 1 felt really bad.
Set 2 was better but still heavy. Rested 5 minutes.
Last set felt off balance.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 140

All good here.
Felt way too easy!

Summary

Slow star this morning but feeling good after pressing.
Squat feeling mega heavy on first working set but settled for sets 2 and 3.
Deadlift PR felt too easy!

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