28 August 2018
Juggernaut
5’s Accumulation
Day 1/2
Front Squat - 135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 3, 275 x 3, 315 x 3, 335 x 3, 355 x 1X, 1X;
A. Weighted Pullup - BW x 10, 40 x 5 / 50 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5;
B. OHP - 65 x 10, 85 x 5 / 105 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5;
So, today was supposed to be a 3RM test for front squat. Everything was going pretty smooth as I ramped up in weight, until I got to 355. First rep wasn’t bad, barely a grinder. Second rep - hit bottom depth, start to come out of the hole, and just kind of lost it and set the bar on the safety pins. Like my legs just said ‘fuck you, not today’. Got kind of pissed, especially considering my recent history with this lift. So I stripped it down to 135 so I could clean it and reset on the hooks, then loaded back up to 355. Took a longer rest again, tried to get out of my head, stepped under the bar and…same thing. Got a little higher this time, but it just wasn’t there. Kind of irked about it, but at the same time, I haven’t had any real weight on my shoulders since I stopped BFB about a month ago - Juggernaut 10 block is built around higher rep counts, so the weights (percentage of TM) is lower. I had intended to start Smolov Jr using a 3RM, instead I’ll do it with 355 as my 1RM. Not real happy with that, but such is life.
Hadn’t intended on doing anymore work after front squats, but I found out (should have known already, just didn’t dawn on me) the gym will be closed Monday SEP 3 for Labor Day. So, between that knowledge and being a little pissed at my big fail, I went ahead and did the pullup/OHP workout that I had intended on doing tomorrow. No BBB, no assistance/accessory work, just the working sets. These went nice and smooth, no issues to speak of. Having done two training days in one, this puts this week on track (so to speak), so tomorrow (WED) I will do cardio and continue the week as normal. Since the gym is closed Monday and that is the day I intended to start Smolov Jr, I will do the first Smolov session on Sunday and probably do the first week on an EOD plan rather than the normal one (SUN-TUE-THU-SAT instead of M-W-F-Sat) and then shift to the normal layout the following week.
On a side note, I started classes this week - BIO I, CHEM I, and A&P I. First week, so we’ve barely gotten into lectures yet. We did take a pre-test/assessment in CHEM lab today…holy shit I forgot a lot of stuff. Granted it’s been over 20 years since I took high school chemistry, but damn. I should have gone through Khan Academy or something for a chemistry review - funny, for some reason (probably because I’m dumb like that) it didn’t occur to me to do that until I was taking the test today. Fuck it, we’ll do it live.