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Week 95

Monday - 01/18/16
195.8lbs

-= Workout Log =-

SVJs
3 x 1

ATG Squat
135 x 8                                >> 2min rests.
185 x 5                                >> 375x3 was tough as shit man. No emotional arousal though.
225 x 3                                >> Could not have done even 380x3 today. Wow. Wtf happened? Even warm ups felt heavy.
295 x 1                                >> Did not expect 315x10. Was going to cut it at 6 but kept pushing.
345 x 1                                >> Moving up to 325lb back up sets next workout.
375 x 3
315 x 10 PR
315 x 4 PR
315 x 3 PR

Bench Press
45 x 15                               >> 2min rests.
95 x 8                                 >> The weight felt extra heavy here. Unracked 185lbs and failed immediately onto the rack!
135 x 5                               >> Not sure how I managed 245x3 but I did it heh.
195 x 2                               >> Fuck it, moving up to 205lbs on backup sets. Screw 185lbs.
245 x 3 PR
235 x 2
205 x 7
205 x 6
205 x 4

Romanian Deadlift
225 x 3                               >> 2min rests.
275 x 1
315 x 1
375 x 6 PR
375 x 4 PR
375 x 3 PR

Incline DB Bench Press
75's x 12 PR                               >> 60sec rest.
75's x 6

Standing Calf Raise Machine
330 x 5                           >> 45sec rests.
390 x 15
390 x 15 PR
390 x 12 PR

What a terrible workout. I felt great at work today and couldn't wait to lift. But once I got to the gym, I felt like crap. And man, it felt like I was stalling. The weight felt heavy on my back and in my hands. And I had that all-too-familiar feeling of what my body feels like when my lifts stall. This weird achiness. I don't know what it is.

I have no idea how I squatted 395x3. Or how I jumped from 365x3 to 375x3 to 385x3 to 395x3 out of nowhere. It's not like I just had a crazy workout... But I was hitting those numbers consistently. I hit them all twice in the same week (except for 395x3).

If I wasn't originally planning to scale back to 375x3 like in my earlier posts, I would be extremely pissed off right now. I would have been talking about how I burned out again. Regardless, I expected 375x3 to be much easier today. Hmm... maybe it's because I'm not fully recovered from the light lunges I did on Thursday? My glutes are still a little sore from those!


In the end I hit a lot of PR's somehow... so looking back it wasn't such a bad workout. Also it's good to know that even on my shittiest days, I can hit 375x3 and I did it without grunting. It did take max effort though. But I hope this stalling feeling goes away... I had my eyes on 405x3 in the near future (2 months).

I'm due for a de-load tomorrow. I hope that'll fix some things.

That vid looks damn close to 40" RVJ man. Arent you like 6'0 even or so? You have great approach speed on that run up. Take away the loss of a few inches from jumping with a ball in hand and Id put money that you're over 40" RVJ!

Yep im 6'1. I always had a pretty violent approach to my RVJ. I still cant hit my head on the backboard though. At 6'2 in shoes i believe head to backboard gives me 40" if i calculated right.

Well that day i didnt try to. I probably could have. That was the highest i was jumping in my life!

I don't think I specified, but that dunk is from last January.

WOW time flew. But yeah since then I have been stalling and getting sick and fasting for ramadan and hit a bunch of other road blocks. I'm finally stronger than I was back then.

CANT WAIT TO LIFT TODAY!!

This vid here, I squatted 355x3 at 192lbs bw the day before:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnwF0JsZYU0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnwF0JsZYU0</a>

I was jumping unusually high that day though. Even though I lifted the day before, I missed my leg workout before that one. That probably had something to do with it.

Curious to see what I will do at 405x3 @ 195lbs in the coming months. I need to start playing pick up games again. This better better be the year I hit 40" running!

that tomahawk was disgusting.

So I have an idea of maybe why I hit a wall and dropped to 375x3 after 395x3... I planned to do that anyway, but I had assumed I would still be capable of 395x3. I'll test out the theory over the course of 6 weeks or so.

One theory is Vitamin D. I had forgotten to take it on the days leading up to my workout where I dropped to 375x3 and just felt like crap. It's winter and I'm probably not getting enough. Other than that there's only one other factor that has changed.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH9EwFwdzRs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH9EwFwdzRs</a>

i recorded at 1080p but youtube always uploads my shit at 720p for some reason and that really annoys me

I really want to start recording my squats weekly again. going to have to find a spot to set my phone down at my regular gym.

squats look fantastic. 

ya, looked really strong. i've never seen less than fantastic squats from Dreyth.