A good day overall.

I continue to think about how I’m going to structure my next cycle/program. Thoughts are solidifying. Today was helpful in that.

One item of note: during close-grips I ended up wearing wrist wraps. I don’t normally, but lately I’ve had some pains in my left thumb/wrist when the bar puts weight/pressure on it. The wraps helped. I may continue using wraps on my heavier sets of pressing (all pressing) until the pain goes away.

I was also feeling a little irritation in the arms, so I took a little easy. e.g. incline curls were just that, no progressing to standing and working to failure there.

• BB Curls (elbows in, wider grip)
  • 55 x 8
  • 65 x 7
  • 75 x 6
  • 85 x 5
  • 95 x 4
  • 105 x 3
  • 90 x 10 (AMRAP)
  • 90 x 5 (50%)
• Close-Grip Bench
  • bar x 10
  • 135 x 8
  • 155 x 7
  • 175 x 6
  • 195 x 5
  • 225 x 4
  • 245 x 3
  • 215 x 9 (AMRAP)
  • 215 x 5 (50%)
• Incline Hammer Curls (3 second eccentric)
  • 30e x 12
  • 30e x 12
  • 30e x 9
• Standing French Press
  • 95 x 12
  • 95 x 12
  • 95 x 8
• Cable Curl (hold/sqeeze at top)
  • 50 x 40
  • 50 x 28
  • 50 x 21
  • 40 x 5 (drop)
  • 30 x 7 (drop)
• Rope Pressdowns (First 20, twist out hands at bottom; remainder straight hands pushed to failure)
  • 65 x 40
  • 65 x 35
  • 65 x 27
  • 55 x 5 (drop)
  • 45 x 7 (drop)