| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| Squat 5x5 | Squat 5x5 | Squat 5x5 (70kg) |
| Bench press 5x5 (50kg) | Overhead press 5x5 | Bench press 5x5 (45kg) |
| Barbell Row 5x5 (50kg) | Deadlift 1x5 | Barbell Row 5x5 (47.5kg) |
Week B
| Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| Squat 5x5 (72.5kg) | Squat 5x5 (75kg) | Squat 5x5 (75kg) |
| Overhead press 5x5 (35kg) | Bench press 5x5 (47.5kg) | Overhead press 5x5 (35kg) |
| Deadlift 1x5 (90kg) | Barbell Row 5x5 (50kg) | Deadlift 1x5 (95kg) |
Well, I guess we can add my squats the now growing list of sets I am starting to fail at. There are a couple of things going on here, or at least I think so.
- The last couple of days of squatting have been really hard on me. I've been able to get the weight up, but it's been a damn struggle. I may have just pushed myself past the my actual strength limit, or close to it to the point where I'm at a weight that is above what should be a decent working weight.
- I was really, really, really off my game this morning. I went out the night previously and had some beers (broke my no carb rule, more about that later).
- I wasn't fully recovered and rested because of a combination of the two above events.
Ultimately I was able to move the weight, but I failed towards the end of my first set. I decided at the time to just deload 10% and then carry out the workout at that point. Something is better than nothing.
The bench press was fine, I wasn't really struggling with it - so that's fine, for now.
The barbell row is as you'd expect. Strong towards the beginning, weak towards the end. My back-off set is 30kg on this exercise and I can breeze through it. That was my starting weight of this exercise, which is kinda funny.
Honestly, after a day like today I'm looking forward to the rest tomorrow. I'm also pretty happy that my last workout for the week falls on a Saturday. I'm going to REALLY enjoy being able to take my time in the gym on that day.
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