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

I had to push the workout back to Thursday instead of Wednesday due to a work commitment that I couldn't get out of. That extra day of rest didn't really seem to help as I became incredibly weak today on my squats for some reason.

I started off trying to rep 85kg, but then immediately went down to the safety pins without being able to get up. I deloaded down to 82.5 kg and pretty much repeated the fail. Finally I was able to do my full reps at 80 kg, but each one was a massive struggle and I was over balanced on every rep. It was bad, bad, bad - my form was garbage.

No idea why this was so bad, but I also failed on the Overhead and couldn't fully rep all of the hammer curls. I was having such a bad day that I just substituted some normal lunges with the kettle bells for the barbell lunge and called it. I was tired and done.

The only good news is that I passed my Deadlift. Turns out I was plenty strong enough for that, but my issue is really related to my hands (grip strength). Reverse grip helped, but it still tore the skin up on my hands when I did them. Oh well, no pain no gain.

Hopefully the gym is open Christmas eve, if not then I might just go tomorrow to get in the upper body workout that I didn't get today.

Week 5
Day 1			Day 2			Day 3
Squat	5x5	85 kg	Squat	5x5	85 kg	Squat	5x5	85 kg
R. Lunge	4x8	40 kg	Extension	3x8	60 kg	L. Press	3x8	120 kg
Bench	5x5	55 kg	Overhead	5x5	37.5 kg	Bench	5x5	57.5 kg
Reg Curl	4x8	10 kg	Ham Curl	4x8	10 kg	Bar Curl	4x8	20 kg
Row	5x5	52.5 kg	Deadlift	1x5	95 kg	Row	5x5	52.5 kg
Pulldowns	4x8	40 kg	B. Lunge	4x8	40 kg	Leg Curl	4x8	32 kg
Week 6
Day 1			Day 2			Day 3
Squat	5x5		Squat	5x5		Squat	5x5
R. Lunge	4x8	40 kg	Extension	3x8	60 kg	L. Press	3x8	120 kg
Overhead	5x5	37.5 kg	Bench	5x5		Overhead	5x5
Reg Curl	4x8	10 kg	Ham Curl	4x8	10 kg	Bar Curl	4x8	20 kg
Deadlift	1x5	100 kg	Row	5x5		Deadlift	1x5
Pulldowns	4x8	40 kg	B. Lunge	4x8	40 kg	Leg Curl	4x8	32 kg