Today went a little better.

“Week 2”

• 3 reps – Squat (working max: 260#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x105
  • 1x5x130
  • 1x3x160
  • 1x3x185 (work)
  • 1x3x210
  • 1x6x235
• Asst. #1 – Chin-ups (supersetted with Squats)
  • 8 x 4/3/3/3/3/3/3/3 x BW

• 3 reps – Bench Press (working max: 215#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x85
  • 1x5x110
  • 1x3x130
  • 1x3x150 (work)
  • 1x3x175
  • 1x7x195
• Asst. #2 – Back Raises (hands behind head, superset with Bench warmup sets)
  • 3 x 15/11/8 x BW
• Asst. #3 – DB Bench Press
  • 3 x 10 x 90
• Asst. #4 – Face Pulls
  • 3 x 12 x 70
• Foam Rolling

Today felt better overall. I didn’t feel like I was going to throw up. 🙂

On squats, I’m falling forward. Abs. That’s my problem. It’s the same as before… are they weak? Well, they could be weak but it also feels like I’m just not activating them well enough. I know today on my last set I was trying to manage that light headed feeling, and so I wasn’t pressing and tightening up my torso enough… nor enough arm drive, nor anything other than getting my ass out of the hole. And it showed, with only 6 reps (wanted 8).

I did realize that part of why I’ve gone down in weight but also feel like I’ve gone down in general is because I’m squatting deeper. I realized a little while ago that I was not going parallel… it felt like I was, but I wasn’t. Now it feels like my ass is almost touching the floor, but video confirms it’s parallel. And that’s going to mean a loss of things. Got work to do.

Bench felt better, tho oddly I am feeling just weaker on bench… everything feels unstable.

Everything else… whatever. Just assistance work. Tho I have to say I continue to be pleased with my progress on chinups. 8 sets, 3 reps tho 4 on the first… I’m happy. It wasn’t that long ago I couldn’t do 1. I’m pushing to get 5 across. I’ll get there.