Yeah I know — it’s Christmas Day, but I can still go to the gym can’t I? 🙂 I mean, all I want for Christmas is GAINZ, amiright? 😉 Well for me, negative gains… defattening is the goal.

I mean… press day… I could make some sort of pun about “lifting Him up” or something. 😉

I feel a bit stagnant on the pressing. Not sure why. Could be that I’m coming off a no-carb day, but I don’t think so because the assistance work always goes so well (and I should be even more spent by then, but maybe the peri-workout carbs have kicked in by then…. /shrugs). To try to make up for it, I did the last set rest-pause to get a little more in.

Otherwise it is what it is. Bumped up weights, and just trying to do what I can to progress.

Merry Christmas!

Based upon Paul Carter’s Basebuilding

Press

• bar x 5
• bar x 5
• 65 x 5
• 85 x 5
• 105 x 8
• 105 x 8
• 105 x 8
• 105 x 8
• 105 x 5/2/2 (rest-pause)

Upright Rows

• 70 x 12
• 70 x 12
• 70 x 12
• 70 x 12
• 70 x 12

Polquin-style Side Laterals

• 20e x 12
• 20e x 12
• 20e x 10

Face Pulls

• 65 x 12
• 65 x 12
• 65 x 12
• 65 x 12
• 65 x 12

Close-Grip Bench Press (350 Method)

• 115 x 21
• 115 x 15
• 115 x 10

Triceps Pressdowns

• 60 x 15
• 60 x 12
• 60 x 10