205/215/225 close miss! 205 x 1 x 5, wt pushups, one arm lateral, rear delt

 Working off of two hours of sleep( new puppy and calf tightness) but hit the best presses I've done on a heavy day in forever. The cues and re timing worked great and I should have had the 225! Just needed either some more starting speed or a little more gas in the tank but the line was right! for a change

Reading Brooks Kubiks great book on old time classic pressers lead me to this cue : keeping the load in the lower body and NOT having too much tension in the arms! Let the legs hold the load. This worked so well for letting me really focus on keeping my knees locked out at the start

I think having too much upper body tension made it harder to  keep the legs AND arms/shoulders tight and the legs lost out

This way I could just focus on holding the weight with the legs/hip and then putting the arms into action when I drove my head and bar back

VERY VERY happy with this effort. this could be a great breakthrough. Already can't wait for Wednesday~

press  

65 85 105 x 2
135 x 2
155 x 2
175 x 1 really focused on holding the weight with the legs, not having excess upper arm tension  made a difference it seems

195 x 1
205 x 1 fast!

215 x 1  fast too!

225 x miss but so close

225 x miss ( rushed set up)

205 x 1 fast
205 x miss  weirdness
205 x 1 x 4 more sets strong!

wt pushups
bw x 10
53 x 10 x 3

one arm laterals
3 x 8/8 20
bent laterals
3 x 10 20

BW 176.2 not as bad as expected given how little I ate yesterday
BF 14.0