Back to Basics. The Eternal Quest for Strength

Thursday 11. April 2013 (C3/W2/D4)

Deadlift (conventional, no belt)

210 @ 60 kg
3
5 @ 80 kg
25 @ 100 kg
1
5 @ 120 kg
13 @ 135 kg
1
3 @ 150 kg
1*12 @ 162,5 kg +9 reps

Front squat

15 @ 40 kg
1
5 @ 50 kg
15 @ 60 kg
1
5 @ 70 kg
15 @ 80 kg
1
5 @ 90 kg

Deadlift was ok. My hands suffer a bit on these long sets, but I hope it’ll get better. FS was hard, with squats yesterday and deads today. I’ll try to go a bit heavier next week.

This weeks training summed up.

  1. Monday: Militarypress went well, Chins went well. All in all a good day

  2. Tuesday: Squats sucked! EVERYTHING felt wrong… bar placement, stance, grip, shoes, the griptape on the platform felt like it was 1/4" thick. Got reps +4 but that is not good enough.

  3. Wednesday : Lower back jammed up, did the bench with my feet up for +1.

Today my back is still locked solid, so no DL this week. Some reflection on this f-ed up week. As far as squats go, I probably paid the price for trying do three straight cycles with no deload. It was stupid, but it’s done now. Next week is most certainly a deload week, then I’ll pick everything up, where I left it.