Tuesday, 15 November 2016

StrongLifts 5x5, Week 8, Day 1

MondayWednesdayFriday
Squat 5x5Squat 5x5Squat 5x5 (70kg)
Bench press 5x5 Overhead press 5x5Bench press 5x5 (45kg)
Barbell Row 5x5 Deadlift 1x5Barbell Row 5x5 (47.5kg)

Week B
MondayWednesdayFriday
Squat 5x5 (72.5kg)Squat 5x5 (75kg)Squat 5x5
Overhead press 5x5 (35kg)Bench press 5x5 (47.5kg)Overhead press 5x5 (35kg) 
Deadlift 1x5 (90kg)Barbell Row 5x5 (50kg)Deadlift 1x5 (95kg)

Today went about as well as you would expect - which is to say, once again I have bombed on my Overhead Press. I barely made it to the third set before I dropped the final rep and then sets 4 and 5 were an utter disaster. Not only that, but my arms were in such garbage shape today that I couldn't even complete the back-off sets for the exercise. 

It felt like a complete disaster. Hopefully this weekend when I go to attempt it again I'll be able to get further along. At least it'll be a Saturday so I'll be able to take my time and rest a lot in between sets. 

Finally, I almost lost it on one of my squat sets today. Went down so far that the bar touched the safety pins and then tried to push it up and for a moment there I was wondering if I could. Super fucking scary :)

Shitty Barbell row is next. I totally expect to fail it like I did the Overhead press. I wish there was something I could do (other than taking steroids lol) to get past these road blocks. 

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