Category: Barbell Logic

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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.

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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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