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« on: February 27, 2015, 10:27:51 am »
Spreadsheet updated. Changes:
- Lowered weight on squats by 5lbs across the board
- Lowered weight on deadlifts by 10lbs across the board
- Lowered weight on calf raises by 20lbs across the board
- Lowered weight on pendlay rows by 10lbs across the board
- Lowered weight on cable rows by 5lbs across the board
- My gym has 32.5lb dumbells, so I made a more gradual progression for lateral raises
- Made a steeper progression for weighted pull ups by lowering weights at the start and middle but keeping the end the same
- Made a steeper progression for bench presses by lowering weights at the start and middle but keeping the end the same
It wasn't a true 10% reduction on squats and bench presses... Reason being I never actually hit 365x3 and then 315 x 8, 8, 8 on my squats! I got like 8, 6, 2 on the back up sets.
Same with my bench presses. I never actually hit 3x10 with 200lbs... so I should have taken 90% of 195, not 90% of 200.
Not to mention, my deadlift PR is 385x5. But how could I work back up to that when now I deadlift in the same session that I squat in? So I lowered the weights on deads.
Calf raises felt too heavy too. This is a reset. I need some headroom to get back into my weights again. It's supposed to feel a bit easy in the first few weeks.
Pull ups were lowered too. It's not a true 10% reduction if I lower the working weight from 55lbs to 50lbs or something... what about my whole bodyweight?
I will stick to the progression I laid out no matter if it feels to easy/I'm progressing faster than expected. But once I finish all 10 weeks, I'll go by feel again.