225 lb press ( 13th time/two plates),215,210,205 x 1 x 3, wt pushups, laterals, rear delts

 Wow, if I can make this on a day like this I should be able to make it every week! Decent sleep but just not enough of it and I was dragging from the get. But I stayed focused on the desired goal of today: lock the knees because starting to press: and it worked!

The cues came to me too

( elbows up)

Push  up

Push down

Push to X

thinking pushing up proved last week to maximally activate the entire pressing muscles after unracking. then it came to me in the warmups:

Just push down after you push up to unrack

AND IT WORKED! My  legs strayed tight! That allowed me to finish the 225 where normally they would give and I'd miss

Thinking lock the knees, tighten the quad etc just never got me the feel I wanted but this did right away

 

 

warmups as last week

dead stop triples with

105

135

155

then doubles with

175

then a single with 195 and 205

 

 

wt pushups

bw x 10
53 x 10 slow and hold lockout x 3

db laterals
rear delts x  8/8

BW 175.0
BF 14.4