Saturday, August 7, 2010

8.7.10 - Back Squats

243.4

Strength:
Back Squats

Warm Up Sets:
5 reps empty bar
5 reps at 85
5 reps at 95
5 reps at 135
3 reps at 155
2 reps at 165
2 reps at 175

Working Sets:
10 reps at 180
3 (8) reps at 190
0 (6) reps at 205
0 (4) reps at 215
0 (2) reps at 230

Bonus: 10 reps at 155

What happened here is that things just didn't feel right after the 10 reps at 180. I went ahead and started the 8 reps at 190 but got to the third one and racked the bar. I just didn't feel strong. But, I did go ahead and lower the weight and got an extra 10 reps in at 155.

Is this a product of overtaining? I'm not sure. Maybe the drinking last night? Could be. I also haven't been drinking much water today, so that could have something to do with it.

Also worked on Bench Press and Lats.

Bench Press
10 reps at 135
8 reps at 155
6 reps at 165
4 reps at 175
2 reps at 185

Lat Pull
10 reps at 90
8 reps at 90
8 reps at 90
8 reps at 90
8 reps at 90

The goal with the lat pull is to make each pull in a very controlled, non-intense manner, making sure to engage the lats from the very beginning of the pull to the end. Since the machine has 15 pound increments, I will need to progressively increase reps to something like 12 or 15 reps each set before moving up to the next load.

Food:
Yogurt
cheese
Tall Latte
Burrito

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