Week 9, Day 1: Volume Day

Deadlifts

Warm Up: 135/12, 225/7, 315/3
Work Sets: 365/2, 335/5
This week I noticed how much harder true full stop deadlifts are compared to the touch and go style. Full stop 335/5 was much more difficult than 375/5 touch and go.

Box Squats

Warm Up: 45/10, 135/5, 225/3
Work Sets: 275/5, 225/5, 275/5,5,5
I dropped the weight down to 225 on the second set to see if my form was any different from doing the movement at 275.  It looked the same on tape, so I bumped it back up to 275 for the remaining sets.

Video- Box Squats at 275 pounds:

Floor Press

Warm Up: 45/15, 135/10
Work Sets: 215/5,5,5
Flat Bench Press: 225/5,4
I wanted to see if I could bench 225 for 5 reps each on the traditional bench press for the final two sets of the evening. Came up a little short.

Tonight's workout took a lot out of me. The complete stop on both the deadlifts and box squats are thoroughly draining.