BL-20211115

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Bench 1×5 @ 90 (descending)

Resting 3 minutes.
Set 1 a little bouncy off the chest.
All sets felt equal despite the gradual reduction in weight.

Z Press 1×5 @ 47 (descending)

Resting 3 minutes.
All good.

Row 1×5 @ 90 (descending)

Second warmup rep @ 60kg lower back tightened up again.
Skipped all rows after that.

Push Press

Resting 2 minutes.
Set 3 Rep 5 a little sticky. All good otherwise.

Summary

Pushing all good.
Pulling not so great. Same tightness as in deadlifts earlier in the week. Was fine up until taking the slack out the bar ready to pull.

BL-20211111

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Sumo Deadlift 1×1 @ 160

Resting 3 minutes.
Top set felt ok. A little tight in the left side.
Back Set 2 rep 2 got super tight that I had to abandon the bar!
Left side. Feels like its going from the gluteus medius where its worst right into the biceps femoris. Feels tight across the entire chain in the bottom of the pull then aches at the top the rest of the time.

Squat 10×2 @ 102

Resting 60 seconds.
All ok here.
Still feeling tight but nowhere near as bad as in Deadlift.

Summary

I thought things were going a little too well!
Squat feeling ok.
Deadlifts tight on the left side (low back/hip/glute/hamstring).

BL-20211108

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Bench 1×5 @ 100

Resting 2 minutes.
Only 3 on the top set.
Back sets felt good and solid.

Strict Press 6×3 @ 55

Resting 2 minutes.
Failed S2R3. Uploaded.
Stripped to 52.5kg. Last rep of that set was a tough fight. Uploaded.
Stripped to 50kg. All good.

Summary

Skipped the Clean into Push Jerk to get to work.
All feeling pretty good this morning.

BL-20211105

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Squat 1×1 @ 150

Resting 2 minutes.
Top set felt decent.
Back set feeling good and solid.

Deadlift 6×1 @ 108

Resting 30 seconds
No problems.

Summary

Fucking cold today!
All good though. No issues.

BL-20211104

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Bench 3×5 @ 85

Resting 2 minutes.
All good.
Felt a little heavy but all moved fine.

Z Press 3×5 @ 45

Resting 2 minutes.
All good.

Row 3×5 @ 80

Resting 2 minutes.
Good and solid.

Push Press 3×5 @ 50

Resting 2 minutes.
Felt ok.
Clanged the rack on set 3.

Summary

A little long today but was a double.
No overall issues.