Pressing

Hurricane Sandy hit over the weekend, but I managed to sneak a workout in today in spite of that.  I am still waiting for my back to heal, meaning that I will not be squatting or deadlifting this week. While my lower back now seems healed, the right side of my upper back now aches.  I wish I knew what the cause was. Perhaps it's how I sit on my couch, perhaps it's how I sleep, perhaps it's how I sit in a car, I just don't know. What I do know, though, is that this is very frustrating. In an effort to fully heal, I will not lift again until Sunday.

Bench Press

137/5, 157/4, 187/3, 212/5,5,5,5,5

Incline DB Press

70/18 (was going for 20, peaked at 18)

Behind the Head Standing Overhead Press

97/12,10,10,8 (first time doing this exercise; had planned on doing 6 sets, but had to stop after 4 due to the aforementioned back pain)

Hanging Knee Raises

20,20,20

Some Deadlifting, et al

I've been working with a slight tweak in my lower back for the better part of two weeks. It hasn't been enough to stop me from training, but it has been enough to bother me. After today, I am reluctantly leaning towards taking a full week off from deadlifting and squatting in the hopes that it will fully heal.

Deadlift

133/5, 223/4, 273/3, 313/2, 363/1

* Really felt the back tweak during the sets of 273, 313, and 363. I had originally planned on finishing up with a set of 5 at 323, but after the single at 363, I knew that was not a smart idea.

Poundstone Curls

42/65 (PR!)

Hanging Knee Raises

20, 20, 20

Pressing

Workout from last night:

Bench Press

132/5, 182/4, 222/2, 242/1, 252/1, 210/5, 210/5, 210/5, 202/5, 182/8

Incline DB Press

80/8, 80/6

Overhead Press (Standing)

133/7, 133/7, 133/6

Fatigue really started to kick in on the second set of inclines and continued through all of the OHP sets. 

Hodge Podge

Pause Squats

138/5, 168/4, 198/3, 218/2, 228/1, 238/1, 258/1, 188/5, 188/5

Hack Squats

188/8, 198/8

Pendlay Rows

188/5, 188/5, 188/5

Chin Ups

Bodyweight/8
12.5 lb. DB/5
15 lb. DB/5
15 lb. DB/5
20 lb. DB/5 total reps- dumbbell kept falling off, so I had to stop and re-position it

Curls

Seated DB curls: 30/15, 30/13

Abs

Planks: 60 seconds, 60 seconds, 80 seconds

Squats & Bench Press

Pause Squats

42/10, 133/5, 183/5, 223/3, 253/5

Bench Press

42/10, 132/5, 162/4, 192/3, 222/1, 242/1

negatives with 282/1,1,1

back to regular bench pressing: 260/0 (attempted PR, fail)

Reverse Grip Bench Press

182/10

Incline DB Press

80/11

Deadlift & Overhead Press

Deadlift

135/8, 225/5, 275/3, 315/5, 345/3, 345/3

Hamstring Curl Machine

120/12, 120/12

Overhead Press

42/20, 92/8, 143/8, 153/5, 153/5, 153/5, 133/11

Upper Body

Pendlay Rows

138/10, 158/7, 168/8, 173/6, 188/5, 188/5, 188/5

Chin Ups

Bodyweight/7

10 + belt/5,5,5,5,5

Barbell Curls

68/20, 68/14

Hanging Knee Raises

22, 17

Hanging Knee Raises Left & Right

11, 11