Week of October 14th

10/14

Deadlift
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 2
365 x 1
405 x 1
430 x f x 2

Deficit Deadlift
315 x 3
345 x 3

I was sort of perplexed as to why my deadlift went down down. My weight is down 5-6 lbs, but my other lifts are up so it's just kind of weird. My coach decided to shift pulling to every other week up until the meet. On the off weeks we're going to include more assistance deadlift stuff like zerchers, deficits, bands, etc. This was even more frustrating as deadlifts are my favorite lift. I felt a little like this guy:



10/16

Bench Press
Bar x 8 x 2
95 x 5
135 x 1
160 x 5
170 x 5
175 x 5

Bench Press w/ Green Bands
135 x 3
145 x 3 x 2

Bench is still inching up. Surprisingly, 175 didn't feel too tough so I think that 180 is obtainable next week.

10/18

Squat
Bar x 8 x 2
135 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 1
275 x 5
290 x 5
305 x 5

Box Squat
235 x 3
255 x 3

Up 10 lbs for 5. Two of those only made it to parallel, so I still need to give up more depth consistently.

10/19

Overhead Press
Bar x 8
65 x 5
85 x 1
95 x 5
105 x 5
110 x 5

Bench Press
140 x 10
150 x 8
160 x 6
150 x 7
135 x 8

Slowly inching up on the standing press also, but progress is progress. I was spent by the time I got to those last two sets of bench, but I threw in some front, side and rear dealt raises as well as a couple sets of curls for the gunz!