I know what you mean I don’t get it either really. I might replace incline with OHP and do dumbbell flat press as a mix up to the heavy barbell sets in workout A.Thar is a lot of deadlift volume! Not necessarily a bad thing if you are getting enough sleep/etc.
And I will never understand "feet up" bench.
Congratulations!Wife went into labour on the 17th and gave birth to our lovely daughter. Today was my first time back since then, I’d been itching to go.
It was the session with lighter weights and pause reps. My plan was to see how things were going and if they felt tough to just do them as standard reps and treat it as a deload. But I actually felt great and did the session.
I’ve been having back pain lately though. On my right side under my shoulder blade, I suspect it’s my lat. Don’t know what I did, probably lifting up my 18 month old a lot more? Might have to post a form check for the toddler lift up in the gym rats thread.
It didn’t interfere with the gym though, and doesn’t seem to hurt any more at the moment… see how I feel when I wake up.
There are a few, but it depends on how each feels and where it hits you.Well that was horrendous. I felt ok yesterday, but this morning my legs felt so stiff. It’s my upper groin, maybe adductors?
Even after my stretching routine they felt awful, tried the squats:
Could only manage 3 reps of the heavy weight and the reps probably weren’t to full depth. Then tried 3 of the lighter weight, felt rough. So I just stopped did not want to injure myself. It was weird, I couldn’t keep my knees open, they wanted to come in, not buckle, but be in line with my hips and feet. So I suspect it is adductors.
Any tips on stretches for these?
It was just tightness in my legs though, so bench went well and that’s a new 5 rep PR on bench. Creeping up on bodyweight bench for 5 reps. Should be there in a few weeks if I continue to lose weight too. I’m currently at 97kg.
Thanks a lot. Tried them all and they feel good. I’m gonna add the butterfly to my stretch routine on squat and deadlift day.
You are still getting to the gym with a newborn in the house!
Today’s session. Felt good. Got to the gym later than I hoped. New 24hr gym paying off already.
My sleep is ‘ok’ according to apple
. Sometimes I get more, often less, not ideal but gotta make do. 
That is some beautiful squatting.
No. If you want to be an influencer, you need moar lycra.
That’s 5x155.
My PR for 5, and I suspect my 5rm considering how ropey the 4th rep was and how much of a grind the 5th was.
Uploading to YT at the gym… am I an influencer now
1000lbs. Yes.My old deadlift 1rm from 2013 (in this thread) was 160kg. Today I 5 repped it, and I weigh less now.
I wanted to record it, but the gym was a bit busier than I thought it would be and I always feel like a nob recording myself in the gym. I got a new belt, up till now I’ve been beltless but wanted something to help me brace against and hopefully keep going up in weight.
Unlike my 5x155 squat last week I still feel like there’s more in the tank on the deadlifts. The top set isn’t so bad, it’s the volume the last couple of sets of 145 were nasty. Whereas on my squats the top set I think I nearly failed (don’t get me wrong the volume here is tough too). Who knows maybe with the belt my squat will continue to go up, but I think I will fail 5x157.5 next week. Deadlift I think I’ve got another 10kg before I come close to failing.
Also some changes:
- Replaced OHP with DB bench, I can definitely do heavier. It’s just new to me I haven’t DB benched in 10 years.
- Replaced assisted pull ups with lat pull down. Just wanted some variation.
Good session.
With my:
5x155kg squat
5x160kg deadlift
5x85kg bench
I’ve reached a 5x400kg total. Which as 1rms might translate to
170kg squat, 180kg deadlift and 100kg bench… maybe which puts me very close to the 1000lb club.
