Set a PR, but it was downhill after that… 😦

“Week 3” – BBB 3 Month Challenge

• 5/3/1 – Press (working max: 160#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x65
  • 1x5x80
  • 1x3x95
  • 1x5x120 (work)
  • 1x3x140
  • 1x3x155 (PR)
• Asst. #1A – Bench Press
  • 5 x 10 x 140
• Asst. #1B – Chinups (supersetted with Bench Press)
  • 5 x 3/3/2.5/2.5/2 x BW
• Asst. #2 – Face Pulls
  • 3 x 12 x 65
• Asst. #3 – DB Hammer Curls
  • 3 x 10/9/8 x 35

Setting a press PR is cool to me. Yes, the bar speed is slowing down, but the lifts are solid. 155 for 3 reps is good to me.

But after that, things sucked…..

Bench press was OK, but I totally brain-farted and forgot to superset with chins…. so I did chins alone, but geez look at that! Regression. I don’t know what gives. Again the half reps mean that I got most of the way up, used my foot on a bench to get me all the way up, then a good long negative on the way down. I dunno… off day I guess.

I also notice that on curls I’m not progressing… not that big a deal, just an interesting observation point.

Today started to make me wonder if, after I finish the Challenge, I might want to reset. Wendler reports that most reset after like 5-8 cycles, and after I finish the Challenge it’ll be 9 cycles. But I don’t know, we’ll see what happens when I get there. One thought is I might not want to reset just yet… do one more cycle that allows rep maxes and really see if I need it, because if I’m cranking 3-5 more reps than prescribed, I don’t need to reset. Or it might be that I reset on certain exercises, like press and squat. A bridge to cross when I get there.

I’m happy for the PR, just wondering why chins sucked so badly.