Tuesday, 22 November 2016

StrongLifts 5x5 (Part 2), Week 1, Day 1

Week 1
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Squat5x560 kg Squat5x562.5 kg Squat5x5
Squat1x1540 kg Squat1x1540 kg Squat1x15
Bench5x540 kg Overhead5x540 kg Bench5x542.5 kg
Bench1x1530 kg Overhead1x1530 kg Bench1x1530 kg
Row5x540 kg Deadlift1x575 kg Row5x542.5 kg
Row1x1530 kg Deadlift1x1550 kg Row1x1530 kg
Week 2
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Squat5x5 Squat5x5 Squat5x5
Squat1x15 Squat1x15 Squat1x15
Overhead5x5 Bench5x5 Overhead5x5
Overhead1x15 Bench1x15 Overhead1x15
Deadlift1x5 Row5x5 Deadlift1x5
Deadlift1x15 Row1x15 Deadlift1x15

This is the "First week" of my second part of the Strong Lifts program I am doing. I ratcheted back the amount of weight I was pushing and I'm trying to focus on increasing the weight and reps on my back off sets. 

As expected, I completed all of the 5x5 lifts at the reduced weight (duh). I did notice some defects in my squat which I am trying to correct. Surprisingly it wasn't as easy to squat 60kg as I thought. Was I really planning on doing 80kg this week? Hmm.

The only thing I am lacking right now is duration/reps on the back off set. I did 10 reps of each exercise at the backoff weight. I want to 15. I really, really, want to do 30. That's the goal.

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