Started and finished very light this week but between the buns was the meat. A deload week, more or less.
Started and finished very light this week but between the buns was the meat. A deload week, more or less.
Good form trumps all. The one rep you get sloppy on can injure you. Yup, one sloppy swing got me this week.
Fortunately, I was let of with a warning.
Somewhere along the way, I seem to have lost a bit of strength. I was on the Velocity Diet for 3 days but switched over to the tried and true Warrior Diet.
I think this past weekend was the first in a long time where I took both days off training. No regrets at all! The rest of the week preceding went well.
This was my best squat workout in a while. I got nice and deep on all reps and felt great at 90% (315) which tells me my 1RM max is about to make an increase. I stuck with the plan and did the reps. they will come in handy when I go for a new PR.
Tweet Monday, 4/13/09 No Training Tuesday, 4/14/09 Back Squat: Warm-up, 135×10/185×5/205×5/. x 3: 225/245/265/275/285/275/275/. Kettlebell Swings, 32 kg: 15/15/15/15/15/15/25/.
What a week! While there were some good training sessions this week, this blog was down for a couple of days due to server issues. As you see, we are back up running (and lifting). We missed you here, but glad you’re back!
Tweet Monday, 3/23/09 As soon as I got out of the truck, I was talked into doing some Prowler pushes with 90# of additional weight. They cared not one bit that I was not even warmed up, let alone in…