Wed, 21 Feb 18
Speed Lower
I felt a lot better today than on my last speed lower day so I bumped up a little on my last couple sets of both squats and deads. This made good mornings extra awful feeling, leading to many guttural utterances and a not insignificant amount of profanity out in the garage. I took no video today because I honestly just forgot because I was so focused on training and feeling good.
I did seem to be doing something funky on the work sets of DL where I had my hands alternated the opposite way (I was switching each set), but other than that everything was lovely. I am considering setting up my hanging scale to get an actual measure on the band tension, purely from a curiosity stand point. That might have to wait a little bit though since exam season is upon me with my first two coming up in cardiac and neuro on Monday and Tuesday next week.
Banded DL (short monster minis)
8x45 + bands
6x135
2x225
1x275
8x2x295
2x315 - Still fast
2x350 - Noticeable slowdown
Chain Squats (2 sets of chains)
8x55 + chains
4x145
2x195
8x2x215
2x235 - Still fast
2x265 - Still fast
I was keeping my lats a lot tighter on squats today and it made a huge difference in how they felt and moved. Shocking, I know.
SS Yoke Bar Good Mornings
10x155
10x225
2x15x195
These were the most terrible feeling GMs I've done since I started them. Warmup set and first work set were OK, but the last 2 sets were miserable with several breaks standing with the bar on my back to breathe and talk myself into keeping going.
SS Yoke Bar Calf Raise/Pulldown Abs
3x{25x195/30x avg band}