Progress.

Squat:
87.5kg 5x2
85kg 5x1
82.5kg 5 x 2

Bench:
57.5kg 5x1
55kg fail
45kg 5x4
40kg 5x1

Row:
35kg 5x5

Chose to train on my own again today. Squats went well, though I'm wondering whether I should stick to what I'm doing or whether I should deload?

I asked a stranger to spot me with the benching and I think he did a better job than my training partner, I couldn't manage the weight! My partner must be taking weight off of me, though he says otherwise. Going to have to drop the weight back down I think.
 
Today went quite well I think! I seem to be weakest when it comes to chest and BOR though I reckon my deadlifts and BOR form needs improving a lot.

Squat
87.5kg 5 x3
85kg 5x2

OHP
35kg 5x5

Deadlifts
70kg 5x1
 
Today went well! Quite happy with myself to be honest, when doing the BOR I took on board the feedback I was given.

Squat
87.5kg 5x5

Bench
35kg 5x1
50kg 5x2
42.5kg 5x3

BOR
30kg 5x3
32.5kg 5x2

I never mention the warm up sets when updating here, should I?
 
Quads feel sore today as do my calves and my glutes a little. I think I'm going to drop to 80kg tomorrow as a little bit of a rest. I'm happy sticking to this program for now but I'm wondering at what point would you recommend switching to something else or 3x5?

Something I've been thinking about lately is my back, I've had a sort of back ache since before I even started training in where I'd describe as the centre of my back, if I bent over too long it'd ache more and I can sort of make it crack by pulling my shoulders back and pushing more core forward. Ideally I'd like to 'fix' this and get a stronger back in general, but I'm just wondering if there's a chance lifting is going to make it worse?

Yesterday went as follows:

Squat
87.5kg 5x5

OHP
37.5kg 5x5

Deadlift
75kg 5x1
 
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Last Wednesday I didn't train because I was ill.

Friday I felt like rubbish but I trained anyway, I just felt tired and drained.

Squat: 87.5kg 5x5
OHP: 37.5kg 5x2, 35kg 5x2, 32.5kg 5x1
Dead: 80kg 5x1

Today went and felt great! Hopefully it will keep that way.

Squat: 87.5kg 5x3, 90kg 5x2
Bench: 45kg 5x2, 47.5kg 5x3
BOR: 32.5kg 5x5
 
Alright, I'm back! Last time I trained before today was on the 7th... something I'm not particularly proud of but I'm hoping it was worth it!

5th
Squat: 90kg 5x5
OHP: 37.5kg 1x5, 35kg 3x5, 30kg 1x5
Dead: 85kg 1x5

7th
Squat: 90kg 5x5
Bench: 47.5kg 5x5
BOR: 35kg 3x5, 32.5kg 2x5

Today
Squat: 72.5kg 1x5, 80kg 4x5
OHP: 25kg 1x5, 27.5kg 2x5, 30kg 2x5
Dead: 70kg 1x5

Not sure if it'd be a good idea for me to switch routine now, even if it is to 3x5, squatting, especially 5x5 at 90kg killed me for the rest of the workout if I recall correctly! Will see how things go, trying to focus on improving my form now.
 
Okay, putting it like that makes me sound really dumb... We'll see how it goes. :P

Today

Squat: 80kg 1x5, 85kg 1x5, 80kg 3x5
Bench: 45kg 5x5
BOR: 35kg 5x5
 
28th Feb

Squat: 82.5 5x5
OHP: 30kg 5x5
Dead 75kg 1x5

3rd Mar

Squat: 85kg 5x5
Bench: 47.5kg 5x5
BOR: 37.5kg 5x5

Fairly worried about my form (on all exercises really). Wouldn't mind getting some videos recorded but as you saw with past videos my gym is constantly packed (:() meaning I can't steal plates to lean the phone on and as I'm now training on my own, getting a friend to record isn't possible either.

Don't want to keep increasing weight and risk of injury when chances are I'm using bad form, mostly worried about my back. Is there any OCUK training meets planned for this year?
 
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