Archives For low bar squat

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

Heavy Bag

  • Jab + cross combo X 25. Repeat 3 times.

Paused Low Bar Back Squat (Wide)

  • 45lbs: 12
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 2
  • 370lbs: 5
    • Glutes on fire on reps 4 & 5

Overhead Press

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 75lbs: 8
  • 100lbs:5
  • 140lbs:3
  • 165lbs: 3
  • 190lbs: 1
  • 210lbs: 1
  • 230lbs: 1
    • A bit of a struggle, but locked it out.
  • 200lbs: 3
  • 190lbs: 5
  • 140lbs: 11

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

Low Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs:10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 1
  • 460lbs: 1
  • 515lbs: MISSED
  • 500lbs: MISSED

Time to stop pushing 1RM and start pushing 5,3 & 2RM.

Heavy Bag

  • 20 minutes
    • 20 right swing kicks, 20 left swing kicks. Repeated 5x each.

 

Texas Method recovery day.

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

Paused Low Bar Back Squat (Wide)

Did some band pulls and shoulder dislocations prior to squatting.

Seems to get my shoulders warmed up for the low bar squat.

  • 45lbs: 12
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 1
  • 460lbs: 1

Low Bar Squat

No pause.

  • 410lbs: 3
  • 370lbs: 5

Overhead Press

Forearm pain >200lbs. Missed at 240lbs 3 times, and 230lbs. DIEL??

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 75lbs: 8
  • 100lbs:5
  • 140lbs:3
  • 165lbs: 3
  • 190lbs: 2
  • 210lbs: 1
    • Seemed like the bar shot up pretty quickly, decided to try a PR @240lbs.
  • 240lbs: X,X,X
    • Dammit
  • 230lbs: X
    • Blah
  • 140lbs: 10

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

Low Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs:10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 1
  • 460lbs: 1
  • 510lbs: 1 *PR
    • +5lbs from last week
    • Sharp pain in the left shoulder shooting down my arm despite a 400mg of my favorite pre-work supplement ibuprofen. Still got the PR though!

High Bar Squat

Was going to do a back off set with low bar, but my left shoulder hurts too much.

  • 410lbs: 3
  • 320lbs: 5
    • Used the Fat Gripz Extreme that I won in a Facebook contest as a manpon aka barbell pad to see what it feels like. Positions the bar even higher on my traps.

Texas Method recovery day.

Foam Rolling

10 minutes on the Rumble Roller

Low Bar Back Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 280lbs: 5
  • 340lbs: 5,5

Face Pulls

  • 60lbs: 12
  • 81lbs: 8

Paused Bench Press

  • 140lbs: 5
  • 190lbs: 5
  • 230lbs: 3
  • 300lbs: 1
  • 285lbs: 3,3