Today was good. Set a nice rep PR, tho I did have some irritation of my arm pain.

The thing is, I don’t think the inclines necessarily were the source of the pain. For whatever reason, squats have started to cause the pain to flare up again. And then today, I wore elbow sleeves. What I think the issue may be? Acute angles. That is, having my arms really “in” during squats, that elbow angle? pressure. The sleeves? It adds thickness. Angle. Pressure. It’s just a hunch right now, but given what I’m expericing it feels like a good hunch.

I also went ahead and followed the 5/3/1 rep scheme. It wasn’t intentional – it’s just habit. It started down that road, so I just went with it. I was going to start that next cycle anyways so NBD.

All in all, things are feeling good with this modification. Just going to keep on truckin’.

• Incline Bench Press
  • bar x whatever
  • 80 x 5
  • 100 x 5
  • 120 x 3
  • 150 x 5
  • 170 x 3
  • 190 x 10 (10 rep PR)
  • 170 x 8
  • 150 x 10
• Flies
  • 20e x 15
  • 20e x 15
  • 20e x 15
• Cable Rows
  • 110 x 12
  • 120 x 12
  • 130 x 12
  • 130 x 12
  • 130 x 12
• DB Upright Row
  • 45e x 12
  • 45e x 10
  • 45e x 8
• Seated French Press
  • 60 x 15
  • 60 x 15
  • 60 x 15
  • 60 x 12
• Reverse EZ Bar Curl
  • 60 x 15
  • 60 x 12
  • 60 x 9
  • 60 x 9