Vincent: 5/18 - 5/20

5/18:

BW: 185

Press: 

125 x 6 (accidentally loaded 5lb too much)

120 x 5 x 6

Face Pull:

55 x 5, 10, 3x12, 10, 3x12

Chins: 

225 (+40) x 3 x 5

Back Ext:

4x15

Curls:

45x8

70x3 (wrist pain)

5/20:

BW: 187.5

Chins:

277.5 (+90) x 5 @ 8.5

302.5 (+115) x 2 x 2 @ 9.5 each

Press:

125 x 7 x 5

Face Pulls:

70 x 2x5, 8x8

Back Ext:

4x15

Split Squat:

90 x 5 x 5

Comments:

Last week's heavy chins were heavy so I decided to stay at the same total weight this time. But it was too easy so I figured I'd do a couple sets of heavy doubles. I thought that all the focus on pressing would slow chinning progress but that was not the case. I believe I've maintained the ability to chin +135 through 10 lb of BW increase.

This week's pressing required some fairly long rest periods. For the last couple of sets for the 6x6 I needed to rest 10, then 15 minutes to ensure that I would not miss any reps. For 7x5 I managed to keep the rest periods to between 5 and 8 minutes.

I'm finding the split squats a lot harder on the grip than the legs right now. I guess my grip endurance isn't too great. Each set of 5 is really 10 reps and lasts about a minute or more by estimation.

5/20 I began the workout feeling kinda shitty and a bit nauseous but it went away about 15 minutes in during my chinning warmups, at which point I felt really good. This experience reinforces the idea that you can have good workouts even going in feeling terrible.