Monday, May 24, 2021

215 lb press x 2 singles,220 x 1, 205 x 1 x 4, wt pushups, laterals

 Despite having about 4.5 hours sleep ( stupid cat) this went well. MUCH better than expected. Made some mistakes in the beginning sets( losing tightness as I started the push). I hit 215 for two singles ( not great but  close enough to lockout to  please me) and 3 attempts at 220 , the second one I almost locked out ( and we lost to video error) and then 4 decent down sets with 205 very fast , especially when I realized I have to keep the glutes tight as I push to face

I must have been relaxing just as I initiated the press BUT pushing first to the chin/face definitely is a keeper

65 85 105 x 2
135 x 2
155 x 1 fast
175 x 1 fast
195 x 1 loose knees

205 x 1
then 215 for two singles. not perfect but hadn't started focusing enough on keeping tight glutes AS I pushed to face 
set one, let my glutes relax and knees flexed.
then my 220 three attempts. first just too loose in hips, second I actually MADE but the video got cut out and this was my third. The second attempt wasn't pretty but I got it locked out as much as the 215
then 4 sets of 205 solid
 overall very happy with today's training. this approach seems very doable, and leaves me wiggle room for adjusting on the fly.
Key Cues
1) come to complete stop after unracking
2) flex glutes and legs
3) drive bar to face and KEEP glutes tight

wt pushups on parallettes

bw x 10
53 x 10 x 3 hold at lockout
need to start doing this and pausing longer at the lockout.

one arm laterals
3 x 10/10 with 20

bent laterals

3 x 10 with 20s

BW 177.4
BF 14.4

12 noon ( bath)
BW 178.00
BF 11.2
W 59.3


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