Had to cut today short. Too many things on the agenda.

“Week 1”

• 5 reps – Squat (working max: 260#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x105
  • 1x5x135
  • 1x3x160
  • 1x5x170 (work)
  • 1x5x195
  • 1x7x225
• Asst. #1 – Leg Press
  • 3 x 10 x 315
• Asst. #2 – Leg Curls
  • 3 x 10 x 85

I’m tight on time today. Thought about doing a “jack shit” but couldn’t bring myself to it. So I just did 3 (instead of 5) sets of assistance work and supersetted them. Good enough.

In out done.

Squats felt good tho. I found myself doing something with unracking the bar that seemed to help. Get fully prepped under the bar, normal breathing, no tensing. As soon as I know everything is in place, deep breath and hold, fully tense up, unrack the bar. As soon as I unrack, maintain tension but exhale and inhale… allow myself to breathe. Back up into position, settle, then squat. The key? To keep tension AND to keep breathing. I just can’t hold my breath so much else it doesn’t bode well for me. That really helped. Every set felt really good, tho I started thinking about things too much on the last set and only got 7 reps… would have been happier with 8, but good enough.