BL-20200320

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 102.5

Warmups good.
Feel like form is good on the warmups but is breaking down during the work sets.

Bench 3 x 5 @ 62.5

All ok here.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 112.5

Back sore again.
Pretty sure form was off a bit on reps 3 and 4.

Summary

Not too happy with squat or deadlift today but bench felt a lot better.


BL-20200318

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 100

Warmups good today.
Belt pinching slightly but settled in on second rep.
All felt good after that.

Press 3 x 5 @ 43.5

First set was tough.
Felt unstable at the top while breathing.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 110

Feeling good and strong today.
No dizziness.

Summary

Squat and Press have felt better.
Deadlift felt easy.


BL-20200316

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 97.5

First work set felt heavy.
Concentrating on head up and slow descent.
Sat in the hole for too long on rep 4.
Felt shoulders loosen so attempted to correct.

Bench 3 x 5 @ 60

Feel like leg drive is starting to make sense.
Definitely felt this more in the chest than the arms.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 107.5

Light headed on last warmup set.
Felt good overall.
Last rep was more of a struggle but ok apart from that.
Feeling it in the hamstrings on the last rep.

Summary

Felt good today.
Lower back seems fine.


BL-20200314

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 95

Bar feeling loosed during warmups.
Squeezing the shoulders seemed to fix.
All tough but concentrating on going slower.

Press 3 x 5 @ 42.5

Had to fight the last rep here.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 105

Felt good to me.

Summary

Back to mornings.
Didn’t feel too great during squats but soon got over it once I was properly awake.
Achey back after for about 30 minutes.


BL-20200312

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 92.5

Warmups all felt ok without belt.
Felt a little off balance on second set.
Last set felt super solid.

Bench 3 x 5 @ 57.5

Breathing at the top of the reps here.
Feeling more stable but knocked the uprights on S5R3.
Felt more arms than chest today.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 102.5

Dealing with hail today!
All feeling good though.

Summary

After work session today.
Definitely prefer mornings.