Wednesday, January 05, 2022

165 x 5 170 x 4.5,175 x 5 x 4, 24 kg swings, floor pushups

 What a difference a minor detail makes. By making sure my elbows were "up" at the start of the press, the bar went back instead of up and lockouts were strong and didn't stall.Also went back to old setup ( Ed Coan setup) and that worked great too. But elbows up is key

I wondered why my elbows flared for none of the usual reasons Monday and now I know. Elbows were down at the start

My eat up day yesterday worked decently and I was a pound up

173.8! I'll take it

Press

135 x 3
155 x3
165 x 5
170 x 4.5 ( lost balance at mid 5th rep)
175 x 5 x 4 sets ( strong! and pausing for 5th rep worked in many  ways. Didn't have to rush form to get it AND it allowed me to start from a dead stop simulating a first rep max





24 kg swings 5 x 8/8

floor pushups
50
50
40

strong, surprised I got 40 on the third set

BW 173.8
BF 13.3


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