Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 5 Week 3 Bench: 215 x 1+: 2 Happy to get two. It’s not great but a nice upswing from recent weeks. The second rep went up slow both smooth. Assistance Circuit Bench 115 lbs: 10, 10,…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 5 Week 3 Squats: 275 x 1+: 5! My squat results haven’t been great the past few workouts and I’m still sore all over from the Jon North seminar so I went into today’s workout expecting the worst.…
It’s been a chaotic past few days thanks to a bunch of sick cats. They seemed to have picked up some sort of stomach bug — I’m guessing from bad food — that left me sitting in an animal hospital…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 5 Week 2 Clean (as warmup for DL): 145, 165, 180, 205, 215x Deadlift: 330 x 3+: 4 Press: 145 x 3+: 2 – MISSED REP Assistance Circuit Press 75lbs: 10, 10, 8, 6, 4 KB swings…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 5 Week 2 Squat: 260 x 3+: 3 Bench: 202.5 x 3+: 3 Mediocre. No good reason why I couldn’t get more reps on either lift but it wasn’t happening. Assistance Circuit Bench 115 lbs: 10, 10,…
Another session today with the mobility/kettlebell trainer. The theme for today was Rotational Stability which meant a lot of one arm kettlebell work. We reviewed one arm kettlebell swings. My main issue here was not keeping the upperbody square forward which…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 5 Week 1 Clean (as warmup for DL): 135, 165, 180, 195, 205xx Deadlift: 310 x 5+: 5 Press: 137.5 x 5+: 4 – MISSED REP Assistance Circuit Press 75lbs: 10, 10, 10, 8, 6 KB swings…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 5 Week 1 Bench: 192.5 x 5+: 5 Not great but not terrible. This is clearly a step down from what I’ve done over the past few months but it isn’t a further step down from the…
Wendler 5/3/1 Cycle 5 Week 1 Squat: 245 x 5+: 6 Could’ve/should’ve gotten more but it’s the first heavy day after taking last week pretty much completely off so I’m okay with it. Running “Furnace” My own mix of the…
Travel Back at it today after a few days off due to a trip to Vegas for work! I tracked my diet during the trip and the result was a huge wake-up call. Eating while travelling is obviously suboptimal but…
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