Texas Method volume day.
Added more volume to the squat today, and it felt pretty brutal. To recap:
Low bar squat
- 5x3
- 2x5
High bar squat
- 5x5
My lower back muscles were pumped after the low bar squat at 350x2x5. I had a hard time trying to determine if I was contracting my muscles during the high bar squat.
It was pretty exhausting, but doable. I had to lay down on the bench with my legs in the air after the 2nd set of high bar squats.
I felt pretty messed up and a bit disoriented after all those squats. Didn't regain my composure until after a few sets of bench press.
I like it! Hopefully I don't end up breaking anything.
Foam Rolling
- 10 minutes on the Rumble Roller and lacrosse ball.
Low Bar Squat
- 45 lb: 20
- 140 lb: 10
- 230 lb: 5
- 320 lb: 3
- 410 lb: 1
- 460 lb: 1
- 400 lb: 3,3,3,3,3
- About 3.5 minutes in between sets.
- Same weight as last week.
- 350 lb: 5,5
High Bar Squat
- 350 lb: 5,5,5,5,5
- +2.5 lb from last week (microloading with fractional plates).
- About 3.5 minutes in between sets.
Face Pulls
- 70 lb: 12
Reverse Grip Bench Press
Paused until work sets.
Paused first rep on work sets.
Also, I think I figured out why I can un-rack the bar so easily with reverse grip. It's because the bar is almost directly over my shoulders, rather than over any part of my face.
Need to get someone to take some pictures/videos to verify this is the case.
- 45 lb: 10
- 140 lb: 5
- 230 lb: 3
- 320 lb: 1
- 285 lb: 5,5,5
- +2.5 lb from last week.
- 3x5 instead of 5x5
