Strength http://strength.freedain.com the training log of Kris Freedain Sun, 08 Jun 2014 18:47:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 Training Log: Squat http://strength.freedain.com/2014/05/28/training-log-squat-72/ http://strength.freedain.com/2014/05/28/training-log-squat-72/#comments Thu, 29 May 2014 01:34:37 +0000 http://strength.freedain.com/?p=1148 Shoulder stretch, roller, leg stretch with band

Warm up sets

Working sets:

325 x 3

370 x 3

415 x 3

 

Assistance work:

more squats

ab crunch

 

415 went up pretty easy, which is a good thing.

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

210 x 3

240 x 3

270 x 3

 

Assistance work:

more Bench Press

Rear delt pulls (2 red bands)

Curls

 

My consistency just isn’t there lately, so I actually expected to have a hard time with 270, but things went well. Hope to have time to squat this weekend as well.

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

365 x 3

415 x 3

465 x 3

 

Barely made that 3rd rep – ugh..

No time for assistance today

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

165 x 3

190 x 3

215 x 3

 

Assistance work:

Overhead press

drag curls

 

Press isn’t feeling too strong lately, need to work on that

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

300 x 5

345 x 5

395 x 5

 

Unfortunately didn’t get time to do assistance this evening, had a bunch of things to take care of

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

195 x 5

225 x 5

255 x 5

 

Assistance work:

Bench Press:

245 x 8 x 3 (w/ SlingShot)

Rear delt pulls (2 red bands)

Curls

 

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

335 x 5

390 x 5

440 x 5

 

Assistance work:

Deadlifts

245 (+short monster mini bands) x 5 x 3

 

 

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

155 x 5

180 x 5

200 x 5

 

Everything felt pretty bad today. Then as I was getting ready to do assistance work, I went to bounce the ball with my son for a bit. I must have twisted wrong since I had a quick pain in my back. Decided to stop there with no assistance; it just wasn’t my day

 

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

340 x 5

385 x 3

430 x 1

 

Done with another round of 5/3/1 – ready to start a new cycle. Debating what assistance and numbers I’ll use though, may bump a couple down to work back up.

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Warm up sets

Working sets:

220 x 5

250 x 3

280 x 1

 

nothing great, just got in my calc’d reps

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