Squats 5/5/5
240,275,315x10
Squats 5x10
235,245,250,255,260
Krocs 75lb per arm, 4x20, 1x10
Again, was a little slow to start here. I haven’t been doing any light cardio to warm up over the last couple of weeks and this is probably why I am slow to start. The warm up sets probably need to be part of a bigger warmup with some increased heart rate. I used to hit the treadmill and walk for like 5 min briskly, I’ll give that a crack last week. The squat assistance work is coming along nicely, but I think that could be a function of getting the heartrate up too late in the main lift, which is not the way this should be going.
I was also running on maybe 2 hours of sleep. I just could not fall asleep until like 4am and I woke up a couple hours later.
I took a step back on the weight to get more volume on the Krocs and I am glad I did. Noticeably I still didn’t crank 100 out yet. I probably could have, but the lower bicep was starting to get almost joint-like sore so I didn’t make it a dick measuring contest and I just did what worked. 5 sets as programmed.
Slight adjustment in nutrition including shakes:
Pre: took my 6g citrulline 60 min before training. Never knew that it need about an hour to convert to nitric per Google AI. I think it helped even though it’s harder to feel it on leg day. Took my cyclic about 15 min before, with 5g leucine as usual. 2,000 ReLyte almost first thing when waking up and then full hydration prior to training.
Intra workout, H20, but it may be time to work in some BCAA’s with the soreness.
Post: 120g dextrose, 60g isolate
Trying to get all my carbs for the day within 4 hours of training as well