Setting a PR is always gratifying.

“Week 3”

• 5/3/1 – Press (working max: 150#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x60
  • 1x5x75
  • 1x3x90
  • 1x5x115 (work)
  • 1x3x130
  • 1x4x145 (PR)
• Asst. #1 – Press
  • 4 x 10 x 75
  • 1 x 14/5/4 x 75 (rest-pause set)
  • 5 x 1 x bw – chins, supersetted
• Asst. #2 – Supinated Close-grip Pulldowns
  • 4 x 10 x 140
  • 1 x 10/3/3 x 140 (rest-pause set)
• GPP – Elliptical
  • 15 minutes, steady pace, about 130-140 spm, 10 incline, 12 resistence
• Foam Rolling

I do like PR days. I wish I did 5 reps, but my rhythm was off and 4 was all she wrote. Still, a PR is a PR.

On assistance pressing, I think I’ll bump it up to 85 instead of 80 next cycle. Push myself a little harder. But the 5/3/1 work will still only go up the prescribed 5# jump.

I’m still happy about chins. I’ll bump it to 5×2 across, and if I can’t get 2 then make that 2nd a negative.

I’m finding I can deal with 15 maybe 20 minutes of steady state cardio because I can distract myself with other things. I’ve been catching up on twitter feeds and article reading. *shrug* It’s something. I just hate cardio.

I’m looking forward to Monday. Very much looking forward to that PR.