M’eh workout. Mentally, I am on cruise control. Lacking any real intensity. That being said, I felt pretty strong today and hit the squats I needed to with ease, and handled everything else without any problems.
Great workout. The intensity and focus that has been lacking all week was back today. Hit the 270 double on push press pretty handily and killed the rest of the workout. Threw BTN jerks in there just for something new, but didn’t like how they felt on my rear delts.
Last deadlift workout of this 8 week cycle peaked with a target of 690 - got it. Pretty pleased considering how beat to hell my back/legs/glutes, etc are right now. I am not good pulling heavy week to week, so I am hoping to put something really good together once I rest a week and hit it hard again. All back assistance felt strong.
This workout was pretty encouraging. After weeks of floor press going backwards things rebounded a bit. Almost had 350 which was the target weight today. After struggling with 315 for the last month I was pleased.
Quick squat/leg workout. I woke up a few mornings ago with a real sore/tight/stiff lower back/left hip. I must have slept weird as I had absolutely no pain or discomfort the day/night before, and the workout the day before was chest…so no real back involvement. Its progressively been hurting more so I really babied it on squats today. Hit the 570 target weight for a single, albeit not a pretty single and did a two quick triples @ 420 and called it good. I kept all leg work light and did 10 second rests between the remaining 40 sets. Harder than you would think, but it kept my back feeling OK.
Back still hurting, but had a good workout nonetheless. Made a couple go’s at 285 on push press but it just wasn’t there. Close each attempt, but my back was holding my back. Shoulders felt strong overall.
Last week I was diagnosed with a blood clot in my right calf, so I skipped the rest of the week’s deload workouts and took it easy. With doc’s OK I decided to hit things hard today. Feeling really nauseous and generally sick from the blood thinner injection meds I had to use this weekend, I still managed to hit a 710 deadlift PR today. Awesome. Cruised the rest of the workout after that as I just didn’t have much left after that.
Great workout. Really encouraged to see pressing strength coming through after being in the dumps the last handful of weeks. PR’d floor presses, and was not far off (10lbs) on inclines, despite all the pressing before hand.