Hips were feeling a little tight, so had to spend some extra time warming it up. Used the Rogue Monster Bands (Green) to do some hip stretches.
Dragon Flags
- 7
Foam Rolling
- 10 minutes on the black Rumble Roller and lacrosse ball.
Ab Wheel
- 6
Band Pull Aparts
- A bunch of reps, multiple angles with the Voodoo Floss bands
Shoulder Dislocations
- 10
L-Sit Chin Ups
With Fat Gripz.
- Body weight (~205 lb): 6
Breathing Paused Low Bar Squat
- 45 lb: 10
- 140 lb: 10
- 230 lb: 5
- 320 lb: 3
Paused Low Bar Squat
Belted up at 460 lb.
- 410 lb: 1
- 460 lb: 1
Low Bar Squat
- 490 lb: 4 * PR!
- Would have settled for 3 reps, but I went ahead and did 4 anyway.
Reverse Grip Bench Press
Paused until work sets.
Experimented with a different way of gripping the bar. Basically instead of my thumb gripping around the bar and crossing on top of my index finger, it was in line with the bar. Felt more stable at first...
- 45 lb: 10
- 140 lb: 5
- 230 lb: 3
- 280 lb: 1
- 330 lb: 1
- 365 lb: 2
- Missed on the 3rd rep.
- 365 lb: 3 * PR!
- 3 rep max by +10 lb!
- Changed back to my regular grip on the bar. Less scary.
Regular Grip Bench Press
- 365 lb: X
- Felt a sharp pain in my forearms and shoulders :/
