I miscalculated! It hasn’t been a month yet.

Wendler 5/3/1 program, cycle 22, week 1

• Work Set – Squat (working max: 290#)
  • 2x5x45 (warmup)
  • 1x5x115
  • 1x5x145
  • 1x3x175
  • 1x5x190 (work)
  • 1x5x220
  • 1x5x250
• Assistance – Pause Squat
  • 3 x 5 x 190

The weights felt heavy this morning. I’m just not into it. There are some matters in my personal life that are taking emotional and mental predecence right now. Nothing to worry about, tho.

So I was only so into the session. Still, the big focus was hitting depth as the weight got heavier. No belt until the final set. Ensure tightness in every rep. Ensure I keep my back as straight as possible, or mainly ensuring I don’t fall forward at the hips.

This was quite evident during pause squats. Boy, I can really feel those, especially in my (lower) quads. It’s hard work to keep things upright, to stay tight the whole time, to hit depth and a little more. But I do hope these will pay off in bringing up my squat (and even my deadlift).

But this is all I did. It was a matter of time today, so I dropped the rest of the work. I wasn’t even sure I was going to do the pause squats… thought I’d just do 1 set AMRAP, but it panned out into 3 sets.

The other thing I noticed was, I had scrolled back in my logs on my phone and realized that it was only last cycle after the “squat 1” session that I did my reset. I didn’t realize that. I had been thinking it was a LOT further back… like closer to 6-7 weeks ago than only about 4. I don’t feel so bad about my fat loss progress now. I also feel alright about hitting the 250 I did because I certainly hit depth. It was tough getting out of the hole, but that’s the whole point of my focus.

So, onwards.