Category: Lifting

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 87.5

All good.
Feeling strong.

Bench 3 x 5 @ 58.5

Weird ache in the left arm after set 2.
Outer side between the bicep and tricep.
Feels a bit like someone punched me in the arm.
Last set ok but still feeling it on the left.

Barbell Row 3 x 5 @ 62.5

Felt ok.
reps 1 and 4 feeling best.

Jumping Chin Ups 5 x 3 @ BW

Difficult to control the descents here.

Summary

Squats felt good this morning.
Arms sore after bench.

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 117.5

Felt heavy today.
Leaned forward on second set but saved it.
Last set felt better but still on the heavy side.

Press 5 x 3 @ 47

Need to step back further. Smashed the pins on a warmup set.
Felt a little off today.
2 reps on set 4.
2 reps on set 5.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 125

Heavy but ok.

Summary

Odd day today.

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 115

Felt solid.
Concentrating on knees out.

Bench 5 x 3 @ 67.5

Narrower grip.
last 2 sets tough.
Final set felt solid.

Deadlift 1 x 5 @ 122.5

Felt good with the straps.

Summary

Good one this morning.
Felt the bar roll a little on Deadlift.
5×3 on bench feels more solid.

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Pause Squat 3 x 5 @ 85

Not expecting to enjoy pause squats but these are actually ok.

Press 5 x 3 @ 46

Felt ok.
Wobble on the last rep.

Deadlift 5 x 5 @ 65

Got over excited and did 5×5 instead of 1×5.

Jumping Chin Ups 5 x 3 @ BW

Last rep dropped quick.

Summary

All good. Pull ups not sure on form.

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Squat 3 x 5 @ 112.5

Felt strong and steady.
Not feeling too heavy today.

Bench 3 x 5 @ 65

Work sets starting to feel heavy here.

Deadlift 1 x 4 @ 122.5

Bar rolling on last rep.
Grip also not too great.
First lift failure of this LP.

Summary

Felt ok for the most part.
First failure on the deadlift.
Form definitely going on the last few reps.
Right glute has been achey the last couple of days.

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