Finished up with my deloading week. Nice to only workout twice this week w/ the sole purpose of finding my 5 RM's for my upcoming DFT cycle. Could've naturally had a lot higher numbers if I wasn't coming off of some serious volume lol. Still, strength is still there.
1) Squat (below parallel): Worked up to 375 x 5 w/out a problem. I figure 385 x 5 is a good starting point.
2) Deadlift (belted/chalk): Worked up to 455 x 5 which wasn't too easy. No leg drive from the squatting made things really tough. So 465-475 x 5 is my 5 RM on these puppies.
3) Bench press: Climbed up to 335 x 5. Didn't feel comfortable since I haven't done these in well over a week. I preferred to keep the reps more controlled on the negative vs. just blasting through them. No bounce whatsoever.
4) Barbell rows: Did a few sets of 5's and wound up with 325 x 5. Did these proper as in deloading the weight on the floor, keeping my upper body low and parallel to the deck. Search "pendlay or JS rowing" on this site.
So there you have it. I'm hitting the gym four times a week with this plan.. Got everything back fast yesterday w/ all my progressions and numbers plugged in. Should be fun for the first two weeks before the weight gets (by the looks of things) rediculous up through nine weeks!
I'll update in a few weeks when it gets interesting.