No More Meets

Didn't go to the meet. Turns out I really hate crowds. I prefer recording my lifts for my social media for myself and my close family to enjoy.

Tomorrow I restart the usual We-Sa-Su schedule. Volume is the goal.

Pre-Meet Press Day

Standing Barbell Press [suicide grip, pinkies touching rings]
45 x 10 x 4
75 x 10
100 x 5
115 x 3
125 x 2
130 x 2
135 x 2
140 x 2
145 x 3 + miss
[145 x 5 x 2 10/25/2017]

Close Grip Bench Press [suicide grip, inch inside rings] 135 x 8 x 4

-Notes-

Right shoulder still hurting a bit and not feeling good on competition grip bench press. Lots of warming up let me press overhead, but I failed to get four reps with the top weight; though the doubles on the ramp up helped add volume near top weight.

Pre-Meet Squat and Assistance Day

Olympic Squat [belt at 375, no wraps]
45 x 12 x 3
135 x 6 x 2
225 x 3 x 2
275 x 2 x 2
315 x 1 x 2
345 x 1
375 x 1

45-Degree Leg Press, Squat Style 445 x 12 x 2
Hip Belt Squat Machine with Squat Shoes 135 x 9

-Notes-

Tried Chalk It Up's new hip belt machine. Surprisingly tough. It does make sense, though; the glutes and hams are removed from helping out so it's all quad strength. It is to the leg extension what the GHR is to the leg curl; the lower leg stays fixed while the knee flexes or extends to move the bidy.

Two plates per side were really hard and I had to lower it back to just one plate per side (pps), which I note as "135", in order to get reps. After all the squats and leg presses, this nearly made me throw up.

This was a light pre-meet squat session. A lot more warm ups and ramp ups. And I didn't push it. Didn't bother with wraps today. And I am not planning to squat more than 400 even with belt and wraps at the meet.

I weighed ~193 into the night. I will easily make the 198 class on Saturday at weigh-in.

Back/Pull Day

Weighted Chin Up @ 191
+00 x 3 x 2
+45 x 2
+60 x 1
+70 x 6

Glute-Hamstring Raise @ 191
Pin #3 x 5
Pin #2 x 3 x 4

Stiff-Legged Continuous Pull 
315 x 5
355 x 3
375 x 1
385 x 6

Lingenfelser Row 120-lb DB x 12 right, 12 left
Standing Alternating Hammer Curl 45-lb DB x 6 x 2

-Notes-

Strength dropping on squats and shoulder too unstable to press, but pulls doing okay. New rep max with 70-lb chins. Also much more weight on the continuous stiff-legged pull. I think 12 is a new rep max for 120-lb DB row, too. I was hoping to get a couple top sets with these movements, but it was not too be.

Standing Barbell Press
45 x 10 x 3
100 x 5

Olympic Back Squat [no belt or wraps]
45 x 9 x 3
135 x 6
225 x 3
275 x 2
315 x 2
345 x 1
365 x 1, miss

Olympic Back Squat [no belt or wraps]
45 x 10 x 2
135 x 6
225 x 3
315 x 2
355 x 1
385 x 1 [RPE 9]

45-Degree Leg Press, squat style 445 x 10 x 2
Hamstring Raise on GHR [hole 3] @ 190 x 5 x 2

Down a few pounds and squat is suffering.