Felt better today

Wendler 5/3/1 program, cycle 18, week 1

• Work Set – Bench Press (working max: 235#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x95
  • 1x5x120
  • 1x3x145
  • 1x5x155 (work)
  • 1x5x180
  • 1x8x200
• Assistance – Bench Press
  • 5 x 10/10/10/10/6 x 140
• Assistance – Pendlay Rows
  • 5 x 10/10/10/8/8 x 120

Felt a lot better today. While I matched the same as last cycle (8×200), I did more total work between both work sets and assistance sets. Just the way the calculations and rounding of percentages worked out that I did 200 again. But more workload overall, my head was more into it. All good.

I also played more with my foot position. I started out doing what I thought, being a bit more “out” but my final work set was again that flopping around and no tension. So I tried pulling my legs back. My shins were just behind perpendicular; where if you drew a line from my knees to my toes, that would be perpendicular to the ground. I found myself greatly able to push up and push solidly. A little care needed to avoid my butt coming off the bench, but this might be a position to work with for a little while and see how it goes. I only did it on my assistance sets, and it seems I notice the problem more with heavier sets so… we’ll see.