Did NOT want to go in today - one of those rare days. This last block of seven or so days has had a definite feel of just keeping my head down and pushing through more than anything. It’s been a combination of stomach bug, recovering from that and at the same time having a fairly epic run of poor sleep.
Essentially, that means I’ve got next week and the week after to get things more right than not. That’s still achievable, but it does mean I’m going to play things super, super conservative and just aim for five pounds on each of my third attempts. The only scenario where that changes is if it becomes obvious that won’t happen for DL, in which case I’ll push the squat but I’m inclined to think that this week’s subpar performance was just an aberration.
I’ll be honest, I just want this meet out of the way so I can get stuck into my mass phase.
Today’s training
Fuck warming up. Fuck even changing into my Romaleos.
Strict BB rows supersetted with bench press
10xbar/3xbar
10x132 lbs/3x132 lbs, under 6 RPE
8x187 lbs/1x220 lbs, 7 RPE
8x187 lbs/0x264 lbs - got a hand out, managed to fuck my bar path up on the press by pushing too straight
8x187 lbs/1x264 lbs, 10 RPE - no handout, quite a grind but apart from that not a shit show which, I’ll be honest, was a decent little victory for me today
Military press supersetted with rope lat pulldowns
Press 3x6x137 lbs, 7, 8 and 8-9 RPE
Pulldowns 3x12x100 lbs - these are getting waaay easier, weight will go up soon
Seated alternating DB hammer curls 3x9 RPEx25 lbs, short rests - this really seems a better way to get a good pump
DB tricep rollovers 3x9 RPEx25 lbs - still stoopid hard, definitely keeping them for a while
Tomorrow I am really looking forward to not training and also getting a better sleep. Then squats on Thursday (which I admit I’m looking forward to)