BL-20210507

#BLOC #Lifting

Squat 1×5 @ 135

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

Feeling heavy but all good.

Deadlift 3×5 @ 132.5

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

All good here.
Everything moving nice and smooth.

Run

0.95km @ 7’07” – 6:48

Good and steady. Will increase mileage slowly from here.

Summary

No problems this morning.

BL-20210506

#BLOC #Lifting

Pin Press 1×5 @ 62

Warmups all good. Rested 2 minutes.

Top set rep 5 super slow.
Back set ok.
Both sets felt like they were lagging on the right side.

Bench 5×5 @ 80

Warmups all good. Rested 2 minutes.

Nice and steady. No issues here.

Row 1×8 @ 72.5

Warmups all good. Rested 2 minutes.

Feeling nice and solid here.
Last rep not quite fully touching at the top.

Summary

Nice and steady this morning.
Just doing the work!

BL-20210504

#BLOC #Lifting

Deadlift 1×5 @ 140

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

No issues here.

Squat 4×5 @ 120

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

Last set was super tough.
Last 3 reps felt like I was really struggling.

Chins 10×1 EMOM @ BW

All good here. No Problems.

Run

1km @ 6:29

Feeling pretty good on this one.
Nice and steady throughout.

Summary

Decent one overall today.
No issues.
Last few squats weren’t as good as they could have been.

BL-20210501

#BLOC #Lifting

Pin Press 2×3 @ 63

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

Top sets all good.
Back sets feeling really smooth.

Bench 5×5 @ 85

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

No problems here.
Getting tough on the last few sets.

Row 4×5 @ 84

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

Feeling like form may be slipping here due to weight.

Summary

All good today.
Much better than Thursday.

BL-20210429

#BLOC #Lifting

Squat 1×3 @ 162

Warmups ok. Feeling heavy on the last warmup rep. Rested 3 minutes.

Top set failed on rep 2.
Un-rack felt solid.
Felt strong enough but balance shifted and couldn’t compensate.

Back set ok.
Rocked forward on rep 2 again but held.
Rep 3 felt way better.

Deadlift 3×5 @ 142

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

Failed Set 1 Rep 2. Almost failed on rep 1.
Setup felt fine but seemed like there was nothing in the legs for the working set.
Failed Set 2 Rep 1.
Legs feeling the same.

Chins BW 12 Minute AMRAP

13 total. Feeling better on these.

Run

Skipped the run to avoid annoying myself any further!

Summary

Legs not having it today.
Not feeling fatigued overall.
Maybe didn’t eat enough although I ate what I normally would have.
Motivation started at a 5 then dropped to a 1 as soon as I missed the Deadlifts!
Chinups seemed to be the redeeming lift of the day!