Beltless Deadlift PRs

Beltless Deadlifts

135/5, 225/5, 315/3, 365/1, 405/1, 455/1, 495/3 (3RM), 505/1 (PR) 

   * Great session. My all time PR with a belt is 524. We may need to test that soon. 

Paused Bench Press

225/9, 225/6, 225/7

Plate Loaded Rows & Abs to round it out. 

Modest Incline DB Rep Max

Hit 100/5 on Incline DBs for a new 5RM. 

Other Exercises:

Beltless Squats: 315/5, 325/5, 325/5, 325/5

Lat PDs

Abs

Some RMs; Squatting Again

Bench: 240/7 (I did this on Friday)

Today:

Incline DBs: 90’s/8 (tied); 100’s/4

I also did regular barbell squats for the first time since I got hurt. (135/7, 225/4, 275/3, 315/1, 345/1, 365/1, 405/1)

* All squats were done beltless and sans knee sleeves. I’m pretty sure I’ve never hit 405 beltless and sleeveless before. 

SDB.....bench last

SSB Squats

155/7, 245/4, 295/3, 335/1, 355/1, 375/1, 295/5, 295/5, 295/5

Deadlifts

155/5, 265/3, 335/1, 375/1, 425/1, 465/1, 405/5

Bench

250/5 (5RM)

250/3 (Larsen 3RM)

225/7 (Larsen 7RM)

200/10  (Larsen 10RM)

260/1 (long pause)

First time doing unassisted squats and deadlifts in the same session since I was injured... felt pretty good! I was exhausted by the time I got to bench pressing, so hitting those numbers was satisfying. 

Modified SBD Day

It's been a while since I've had a SBD day. Tonight's session was a modified version of that, as follows:

Deadlifts

155/5, 155/5, 265/3, 315/3, 375/1, 425/1, 465/1, 500/2, 375/10

    * First time pulling 500 in a bit...both reps moved pretty well. This is the best I've felt deadlifting in quite some time.

Bench Press

135/7, 185/4, 225/10 (touch and go)

    * It's cool that I have been regularly hitting 225 for 10. 300 is so close that I can almost taste it. 

Hatfield Squats

155/5, 245/5, 335/3, 385/5 

SSB Squats

245/10 (threw in a set of "real" squats...pretty tired by this point of the workout, but they were smooth)

Incline Press Machine: 4 sets

Seated Cable Rows: 4 sets

Monster Hatfield PRs

My friend's home gym has an awesome set up for Hatfield Squats.. so awesome that I hit a 75 pound PR. Rather than grabbing the side of the squat rack, he has a set up where a barbell can be grabbed in front of you.

The first PR of the night was 510, which absolutely flew. From there, I went to 550, and then capped it off at 575.

In addition, I did some benching, pin presses, and lat pulldowns. 

Bench PR tied

On Friday, I hit an impromptu 290 on the bench, which tied my PR. This one had a slight pause to it, though I doubt the pause was long enough to be considered a competition pause. The rep was also a true grinder, meaning that if I had 291 on the bar, I might not have completed it.  In any event, I am pretty excited about it. 

Leading up to that rep, my sets were 225/10 (touch and go), 225/1 (super long pause), 255/1 (super long pause), and 265/1 (super long pause). As you can see, that was a lot of volume prior to the 290, so I do wonder if I would have been good @ 295 without all of those reps beforehand. 

Other movements this day:

Stiff Bar Deads... worked up to a shaky 475, then followed that with 375/2x5. I don't have a lot of experience doing stiff bar deads.. they definitely seemed more difficult than the deadlift bar. 

I also did a number of T-Bar row sets at modest weight for higher reps. 

Venue: "The World Famous" Kissimmee Muscle.  Is it world famous? No idea, but they make a point of telling you that it is.