I didn’t notice the butt was too busy watching for the dip so I could call null and void
Mate that was a solid press and I really wouldn’t worry about a little movement. We are only accountable to ourselves. Your pressing strength is really excellent sir and I don’t just mean for an old bloke or for someone of xx weight. It is just excellent full stop. Good work and can’t wait to see you hit 100.
Thanks for the input, everyone. I am not really a form-nazi, so not sure why I am getting so worked up about it. Worst part is that I didn’t really enjoy my PR. I will just continue to go with what works and try not to overthink it too much.
Bewbs. No spotter, no heroics. Was going to set my topset to 140, but I still am too scared to do it without a spot. Good thing, too, because something went strange with 135 and I almost fucked it up. Like my left arm just kinda said ‘nah, no thx’. Felt like I misloaded that side. Oh well. Inclines were fine, putting most of my energy in the backoff sets.
Decline Barbell Bench Press
60 kg x 5 reps
70 kg x 5 reps
85 kg x 5 reps
100 kg x 3 reps
112.5 kg x 3 reps
125 kg x 1 reps
135 kg x 1 reps
Barbell Incline Bench Press
45 kg x 5 reps
55 kg x 5 reps
65 kg x 5 reps
75 kg x 3 reps
90 kg x 3 reps
100 kg x 1 reps
110 kg x 1 reps
115 kg x 1 reps
100 kg x 8 reps
90 kg x 8 reps
85 kg x 8 reps
Dips - Chest Version
25 reps
20 reps
15 reps
10 reps
Dips did the job of finishing my tits off for good.
I was just giving you a hard time about it being a push press, but I was being very serious about how I press. Super rigid with everything flexed as hard as I can.
Squat Day today, but only 4 days since the last squat day and no rest (because I will be forced to take three days off next week, bleh). As a result, I am not really super recovered and will thus take it easy.
Barbell Squat
60 kg x 5 reps
80 kg x 4 reps
100 kg x 3 reps
120 kg x 2 reps
130 kg x 1 reps
140 kg x 1 reps
150 kg x 1 reps
160 kg x 1 reps
100 kg x 25 reps (rep PR)
Ab Wheel (standing)
10 reps
Machine Ab Crunch
30 kg x 10 reps
30 kg x 10 reps
Leg Press
225 lb x 10 reps
225 lb x 10 reps
225 lb x 10 reps
Calf Press On The Leg Press Machine
225 lb x 15 reps
225 lb x 15 reps
225 lb x 15 reps
Muscle-Up
1 reps
2 reps
3 reps
A nice little widowmaker PR. I might be able to do a little more if in the right frame of mind, but I lack the psychotic fortitude of people like @SvenG
Off day yesterday. Shoulders today. Feeling tired, but didn’t seem to impact performance much. Made sure to keep my knees locked a bit better on the topset during the little hip-thrust. The rep was still relatively easy, so I think I can stop worrying about the little form issues. I don’t have good technique on literally anything anyway, so no point losing sleep over it.
On the other hand, hit a couple of rep PRs on the backoffs. Feels like I can probably do more with 80 kilo if I focus on it, which I might…I feel my repping strength needs to be a little better. 60 x 20 is a milestone I have wanted to complete for a few years now, so I am glad to mark it off the list. I cannot express how much 20 reps at that weight absolutely sucks. Worse than a squat widomaker.
Kind of on a forced deload due to being too damn busy this week, so skipped yesterday and had a super short session today. Probably took me longer to drive back and forth to the gym.
Decline Barbell Bench Press
60 kg x 5 reps
Barbell Incline Bench Press
40 kg x 5 reps
60 kg x 5 reps
70 kg x 5 reps
80 kg x 3 reps
90 kg x 3 reps
100 kg x 10 reps
80 kg x 10 reps
60 kg x 10 reps
On the other hand, 10 reps at 100 was a rep PR, so okay.
Another short session today, been a busy week. Kinda serving as a bit of a deload, because I feel like I have been doing jack and shit.
Squats on the menu, and I was feeling a bit chipper, so I went after 170. And got it. It was not perfect, but definitely what I consider good enough. Now that i know I can do it, I can probably clean it up. I think it is a PR (my squat records are full of some holes, but I am pretty sure).
Barbell Squat
65 kg x 5 reps
80 kg x 5 reps
100 kg x 5 reps
115 kg x 3 reps
130 kg x 3 reps
145 kg x 1 reps
160 kg x 1 reps
170 kg x 1 reps (PR)
140 kg x 6 reps
130 kg x 6 reps
120 kg x 6 reps
Pull-Up
10 reps
Ab Wheel (standing)
10 reps
Made the backoff sets a bit heavier this week, but fewer reps. Just mixing it up and keeping it at least moderately difficult.