Saturday, March 21, 2020

200 lb press 7 x 1, 185 lbs 3 x 1, pistols, floor pushups



This went very well. Not perfect but I learned a key component in the process. I was light today too,
not much appetite these days with all the world chaos and altered life routines so the work load was decent but those standards as well

The last piece of this puzzle( I hope) was what to do after unracking the weight and right before I throw my head back and press up. I HAVE been "squeezing the sponge" lat activation as I've done for years but have also realized that it has a serious flaw of pulling the bar out of position in the process

Not to mention also lowering the bar an inch or so making for a longer press. After missing my second set of 200 I decided to try not doing anything after unracking but getting flat on my feet and it worked great!

This is great- one LESS thing to do before I press. I just have to really throw the head hard as I initiate

Press
65 85 105 x 5
135 x 2
155 x 1
175 x 1 so so
195 x 1 fast actually
200 x 1 ok but not perfect still tightening lat first
200 x 1 x 6 as above. These worked very well
185 x 1 x 3


Rack walkouts
225 x 5 secs
235 x 5 secs

Pistols
4 sets of 5/3


these went very well. 1-2 finger light self spot

Floor pushups
53 x 3
last set was very hard but they all got done

BW 171.6
BF 12.7

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