Pervertor, Anchor - c12w3d6
Friday - 13 May 2022
Workout: Press, 0905-1025 (80 minutes)
Warm-up
Throws + jumps
Begin: 0922; End: 1020; Duration: 58 minutes
Press - 70x5, 90x5, 105x5 | 120x5, 135x3, 150x5 | 155x1, 165x1 (lifetime PR) | (120x5)x5
Decline DB press - 2x60 lbs - 20, 18, 12
Pull-up/chin-up - 12, 12, 11+2, 11+2
HLR - 20, 18, 12
Band pushdown - red - 30
BPA - red - 10 high + 10 mid + 10 low
Good morning - 115 - 20, 10
Assistance totals:
Push - 80 reps
Pull - 80 reps
Single-leg/core - 80 reps
Well, that TOTALLY sucked: I missed the PR on the 1+ set by half a rep!
For the record, I probably didn’t have it in me, but bear with me, 'cause here’s how things went down.
First three reps were fine—good pace, found the groove. The 4th one was a little slow, but not any real trouble. Just started grinding about halfway through the 5th, and that’s exactly when my wife popped in to say she and the kids (who are off school today) were headed out for a bit. That broke my concentration just enough, and she just stood there watching me struggle through the remainder of the rep. But really it was just a typical grind, didn’t even register on the Simo Scale. I somehow managed to regather myself enough to get halfway up on the 6th rep, but I could still feel her eyes burning into the back of my head. (I think she’s convinced I’m going to die under a barbell someday.) I stalled, fought it hard—and I mean HARD—for a good two seconds, became VERY aware of her look, and crapped out. F*ck me!
Like I said, I probably didn’t have it anyway, but I so, SO want that set back. I might have been able to fight all the way through without an audience…
Yelled around a bit after she left to get the emotion out, and then put the jokers up without any drama. 165x1 was a grind, and it actually came back down a bit at two different points, but I fought it all the way up in the end.
And I was really happy with today’s supplemental sets: they felt downright easy, which was a total surprise.
Interestingly, my traps were absolutely on fire from the top set through the end. In fact, they’re still on fire now. Must be all the grinding I did today, haha.
Daily work and Pwn’s The Last Castle will follow at some point this afternoon.