Texas Method intensity day.

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 370lbs: 2
  • 410lbs: 1
  • 440lbs: 2,2
  • 445lbs: 1
    • New high bar PR!
  • 410lbs: 4
    • Failed on the 5th rep

Standing Overhead Press

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 75lbs: 5
  • 100lbs: 5
  • 140lbs: 3
  • 165lbs: 2
  • 190lbs: 1
  • 210lbs: 1
  • 235lbs: X,X
    • Dammit.

Deadlift:

  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 370lbs: 2
  • 410lbs: 2,2,1
  • 440lbs: 1

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

Texas Method volume day.

Watched the Women's 58Kg Olympic weightlifting at the same time.

I feel weak.

Foam Rolling

  • 10 minutes

High Bar Squat

  • 45lbs: 20
  • 140lbs: 10
  • 230lbs: 5
  • 320lbs: 3
  • 370lbs: 2
  • 410lbs: 2
  • 355lbs: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6
    • About 2.5 minutes in between sets, except for prior to last set (wasp flying around)

Overhead Press

From the rack. Biceps too sore to power reverse curl the bar.

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 75lbs: 5
  • 100lbs: 5
  • 140lbs: 3
  • 165lbs: 2
  • 190lbs: 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,2
    • About 2.5 minutes in between sets
    • Grip was uneven on set 9.
    • Ran out of steam on the last set.
  • 140lbs: 8

A few posts you might have missed:

  1. Friends Don't Let Friends Skip Leg Day
  2. How To Watch The 2012 London Olympics Online

And a few solid articles I've come across this past week:

  1. Get Your Press Up! By Mark Rippetoe
  2. What If I Don’t Want to, or Can’t, Lift Heavy? By Nia Shanks
  3. Hyperlordosis by Justin Lascek
  4. I Will Pick Up Heavy Things Off The Floor by Paul Carter
  5. Everything You Need To Know About The Hip Thrust by Bret Contreras
  6. Is A Calorie Truly Just A Calorie? By Layne Norton

 

Barbell Curl

I curled inside my power rack facing my computer today because I wanted to watch the Olympics (Women's 48kg weightlifting) at the same time.

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 60lbs: 10
  • 70lbs: 10
  • 80lbs: 8,8,8

Reverse Barbell Curl

  • 45lbs: 10
  • 60lbs: 8,8

Neck Extension (Harness)

  • 25lbs: 25
  • 35lbs: 20
  • 60lbs: 20
  • 70lbs: 20

Neck Flexion (Harness)

  • 25lbs: 25
  • 35lbs: 20
  • 60lbs: 20
  • 70lbs: 20

Neck Side Flexion (Harness)

  • 25lbs: 25
  • 35lbs: 20,20,20