November 8, 2010:
Squat: 235 lbs X 5, 3, 2 reps
Bench Press: 145 lbs X 5 reps X 3 sets
Deadlift: 295 lbs X 5 reps X 1 set

November 10, 2010:
Squat: 185 lbs X 5 reps X 3 sets
Press: 100 lbs X 5 reps X 3 sets
Power Clean: 130 lbs X 3 reps X 5 sets

November 12, 2010:
Off

November 15, 2010:
Squat: 195 lbs X 5 reps X 3 sets
Bench Press: 150 lbs X 4, 3, 3 reps
Deadlift: 305 lbs X 5 reps X 1 set

Man, last week was a week of limits. It was tough. I knew I was getting close to stalling on the squats, and I did. I pushed myself that set of 5 for 235 lbs, but that had to be my 5 rep max. I barely got out of the whole. Even with taking adequate breaks between sets I still couldn’t get back up to 5; not even close. I decided to deload too, since even though I could have tried a few more times, I have been noticing my form degenerating further and further as I got closer to this max. I went down to 185 lbs because it seemed my form started getting worse from there. I’m going to go back to 10 lb jumps until it starts to feel “heavy” again. I am working on doing really good low-bar form, as my low-back was getting sore. I’ve shortened the distance between my hands to make my back tighter (hard because of my long forearms). I have made a conscious effort to keep the chest lifted. I also make sure to just reach parallel and bounce up. These tweaks have made it so my back is much less sore. I want to concentrate on keeping it in extension, so it will stay that way once I start lifting heavier.

All of my lifts seem to be close to my max. Today, I couldn’t hit 5 reps on my bench. I felt like 145 lbs was my 5 rep max last time. I failed on the 5th rep of each set it seemed. The 100 lb press caused me to go to failure on my 5th reps too. The deadlift feels like it is really close to stalling too. I just hope I get to 3 plates first. The power clean feels like it might have some more to go before I stall, but I started really low on that anyways to get down the form.

The reason I took Friday off was because I had car issues that needed to be fixed. Honestly, I might have taken it off anyways because my body felt overloaded, and all my joints felt sore. The 4 days of rest really helped out though because I was more than ready to go today, even though I did stall on my bench. I might make another attempt or I might get some 1 lb washers to try 147 lbs. I’ll figure it out before Friday.

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