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Feeling super tired today and a little sick.

Foam Rolling

Low Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs:10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 1
  • 460lbs: 1
  • 500lbs: MISSED
  • 420lbs: 3

Reverse Grip Bench Press (Paused)

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 230lbs: 3
  • 280lbs: 1
  • 320lbs: 1
  • 370lbs: NEGATIVE REP
  • 345lbs: MISSED
  • 335lbs: MISSED
  • 285lbs: 3,3,3

Heavy Bag

  • 15 minutes
    • 50 right kicks + 50 left kicks repeated 2x. Threw some punches here and there. Hair from the lower 2/3 of my shin (along the shin bone) are gone.

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 2
  • 460lbs: 1
  • 480lbs: 1
  • 410lbs: 3
    • Paused
  • 370lbs: 5
    • Paused

Overhead Press

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 75lbs: 8
  • 100lbs:5
  • 140lbs:3
  • 165lbs: 2
  • 190lbs: 1
  • 210lbs: 1
  • 230lbs: 1,1
  • 207.5lbs: 1
    • Incorrectly loaded bar (5lbs less on the right side)
  • 212.5lbs: 3
    • Was supposed to be 202.5lbs (which is +2.5lbs from last week). blah still got 3 reps.
  • 192.5lbs: 5
  • 165lbs: 8
  • 140lbs: 6
    • Out of chakra.

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

Low Bar Squat

This feels a lot more tiring than high bar squat at a higher weight.

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 2
  • 370lbs: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3
    • About 2.5-3 minutes in between sets

Reverse Grip Bench Press (Paused)

  • 45lbs: `10
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 230lbs: 3
  • 300lbs: 1
    • Felt difficult coming down, but easy going up.
  • 240lbs: 5,5,5,5,5
    • +10lbs from last week

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410bs: 2
  • 460lbs: X,2,1
    • Missed on the 1st attempt at 460lbs. Weird. Probably leaned forward too much.
    • Missed on 2nd rep at 460lbs.

Reverse Grip Bench Press (Paused)

Getting the hang of the reverse grip bench press. Less pain in my forearms at >300lbs compared to a regular bench press. I like it!

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 140lbs: 5
  • 190lbs: 3
  • 230lbs: 2
  • 300lbs: 1
    • Felt easy. Let's try 3PLATE
  • 320lbs: 1
    • Not bad. Challenging, but the bar seemed to move up quickly.
  • 330lbs: 1
    • Still feels challenging-but-not-too-bad. Add another 10lbs.
    • I think this is a paused bench press PR.
  • 340lbs: MISSED
  • 280lbs: 4

Rack Pulls

About 6 1/4" off the ground. (at the #3 hole in my power rack and standing on a 3/4" piece of wood).

  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 410lbs: 2
  • 500lbs: 1
  • 550lbs: 1
  • 600lbs: 1,X
  • 550lbs: 2,1
  • 500lbs: 3

 

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