Wendler 5/3/1 program, cycle 25, week 3

• Work Set – Press (working max: 165#)
  • 45 x 5
  • 45 x 5
  • 65 x 5
  • 85 x 5
  • 100 x 3
  • 125 x 5
  • 140 x 3
  • 160 x 2
• Close-grip pulldowns (neutral grip, superset with warm-up pressing sets)
  • 70 x 16 x 5
• Press
  • 100 x 10
  • 100 x 10
  • 100 x 8
  • 100 x 7
  • 100 x 6
• Wide, pronated grip pulldowns (superset with additional pressing sets)
  • 100 x 12 x 5
• Cable EZ-Bar pressdowns (pin the elbows to the side)
  • 40 x 12 x 3
• Rotating DB curls (superset with pressdowns)
  • 25 x 10 x 3
• Foam Rolling

Today was OK. Not awesome, not crappy, just OK. I have pressed 165×1 before, so I told myself you’re doing 160 for 2 today. No sweat. 3 didn’t quite happen, but I know I wasn’t fully committed to the lift. Like I said, today was OK.

I hoofed it on assistance work. 1 minute of rest between sets, supersetting everything. I think between that and eating like it’s going out of style, it’s building some muscle. My challenge will be to keep it when I change my diet up.

Not much else to say.

Start part 2 of the “6 week cycle” on Monday. Same basic structure. I don’t know what numbers will be, but as long as at the end I creep closer to that 1000# total, I’m happy.