Yesterday (25 Feb) I was at the gym but started feeling a bit unwell, I still managed to work up to 275x1 on the front squat and 175x1 on the press, but seeing as it was supposed to be my 3RM day I’m just going to use last weeks percentages over again.
Today:
5/4/3/2/1:
Deadlift 260/275/285/295/315
Press 135/145/155/160/165
Front squat 185/205/220/230/245
Bench from pins 185/205/225/235/245
Pendlay Row 155/165/175/190/205
Deadlift 220/240/260/280/315
Press 120/135/150/160/165
Front squat 170/185/205/225/245
Bench from pins 170/185/205/225/245
HS pulldown 3x12 plus a couple sets of curls
Realized today that the combination of deads and Pendlay rows was probably what was making my low back act up. I was right. Deadlifts today were money and all flew up like nothing once I dropped the rows. Will probably just add bodybuilding style back work afterwards like I did today and revisit Pendlays in the “power look” cycle of B4B
Deadlift 330x3
Press 170x3
Front squat 255x3
Bench from pins 265x1 (lol) will probably just base percentages off an estimated 3RM of 250 for the Bench.
Hey man! I do them in circuit fashion and drop the exercises from the circuit as I hit my maxes (so I stopped doing overhead press pretty early on this morning but continued with the other exercises for example)
The Monday/3RM workout isn’t as bad actually, I find it the easiest out of the week but that’s because the 5/4 rep sets really drain me more than doubles or singles.
Edit: one thing I noticed though is my low back is getting pretty beat up from deadlifting every day. I think if I run the strength version of B4B again I’d sub sumo or trap bar in instead.
Deadlift (5x5 @ 135 again as my low back is still bugging me)
Strict press 95/135/155/165/175
Front squat 95/135/185/225/245
Bench from pins 135/185/225/245/245
Trap bar deadlift 420x2x1
Bench Press 240x1
Push Press 225x2xfail (FUCK)
+a couple sets of Zercher holds in between sets
Edit: just to add some notes: Did 2 singles at 420 with the trap bar, which is a 15lbs PR. Bench was 5 pounds less than my PR but I wore elbow sleeves for the 245 Bench so I guess it’s roughly the same. This is the 3rd time is about 4 months I thought I could get 225 overhead. Starting to get a little pissed at myself about this but can’t do anything other than keep trying.
Zercher full cycle
Worked up to 205x3, I think I’m just gonna do Zercher squats out of the rack this week, but I’ll use the 205x3 to calculate the rest of my weights for the week.