Set a PR today. Woot!

“Week 2” 3 reps

• 5/3/1 – Press (working max: 120#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x50
  • 1x5x60
  • 1x3x75
  • 1x3x85 (work)
  • 1x3x95
  • 1x7x110
• Asst. #1 – Press
  • 5 x 10 x 55
• Asst. #2 – Wider-grip supinated pulldowns
  • 1x10x100
  • 4x10x110
• Metcon – jump rope
  • 1 Tabata set – all single hop

A good day, mostly.

I set a PR on Press, doing 1x7x110. Never put that much weight over my head, and never for that many reps. So, that was pretty cool. I just felt strong today.

Assistance pressing was alright. I think it’s time to bump that to 60#.

On the pulldowns, I’ve been struggling with my shoulders here, finding a grip and position that works. Today, I went back to supinated grip with the hands just slightly wider than shoulder width apart. I noticed if I kept my hands supinated and didn’t let them start to rotate to neutral at the top of the motion, my shoulders were happier. So, there we go. I did one set at 100 trying to back off to be nice, but after noticing that little tweak I bumped to 110 to see how it would go and it felt alright so I kept going. Of course, the real key is ensuring at the top of the motion I do let my shoulders move up/forward and at the bottom of the motion that they’re down and back (feel those shoulder blades pinch) and the bar comes to touch my chest… chest is up, facing towards the ceiling, eyes looking back/up… just like a good chin-up should be.

You know how they say that pain is just weakness leaving the body? Well, jumping rope is just coordination leaving the body… or at least, that’s how it felt today. Just tripping up all over the place. Ugh.

Nevertheless, things felt good. I feel like I’m pushing myself a little harder, certainly striving for more and always trying to increase and do better than before.