Saturday 2/24/07

Squat -------------------- 3x5 195 lbs
Military Press ------------- 3x5 122 lbs (yep 122)
Rows --------------------- 3x5 130 lbs
Chin-ups ----------------- 2x8
One arm dumbbell curls ---- 1x8 40 lbs
Cable Tri Extensions ------- 1x8 160
EZ Curl bar --------------- 1x8 65 lbs
Cable Tri Extensions ------- 1x8 160

Notes:

Squats were real hard. I had tough time pushing them out.

MP were hard too. I was stuck on 120 lbs for a few sessions, then had a good lift Tuesday. Following Eric's suggestion, I made 1 pound weights, and microloaded with a 2 pound increase. Well, I did my 3x5, but I wasn't pleased with my sets. More below.

Rows are still going up, but getting hard.

Last few reps for chins were very hard and I got them done but slow.

I'm not thrilled with my Squat and Military Press speed lately. Actually as I think about it, just about all my lifts are slowing down. Even though I'm finishing my sets, I think I'm doing my reps too slow. There is definetly no explosiveness. I'm nearing my max weights on just about everything. I can push them out, but like I said, my bar speed is slowing down.

So I'd appreciate advice on what's better, keep increasing the weight and finish the sets even though the bar speed is slower, or back off and get the speed and explosiveness back? I'm not missing reps yet....

I'll back off if that's the right thing to do, but I'm looking forward to squating 3x5x200 Tuesday. It's been a secret goal of mine to have that 200 pounds on my shoulders, and I'll be on two days rest.

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