SUN MAY 30 - IPA STRENGTH SPECTACULAR @ NAZARETH BARBELL
SQ - 690, 740 PR, 750x
BP - 460, 480 PR, 500x
DL - 600, 630 PR, 670x
TOT - 1850 PR
Anytime you set PR's all the way around, it's a good day.
SQ - 690 felt more crisp than my last heavy one in training but not blazing like I've felt in the past. 740 - HOLY SHIT! This one didn't feel bad on the way down but it had a bad sticking point in the middle of the way up. In the past I have been unable to strain here so this is a big improvement. Until now, I would just blast thru this and hope for the best. This tells me my speed is way off. I think the PES program is good if you a long time until a meet but not the way we did it coming off one meet and going right back into it. There was too much heavy squatting. 750 - I tried to keep my hips close to the bar on the descent and all this did was take the support out of the gear. Need to get straps tightened. I could put them on myself.
BP - 460 easiest feeling opener of all time. 480 felt better than the opener but my 2nd usually does. 500 Wendler manipulated my shirt MM style. It was weird because when the shirt came on I thought, "There is no way in hell this is going to touch." Funny thing is the shirt never got tighter, it just came on all at once. This was the coolest thing of all time. I pressed it back up but could not lock out the right side by a hair. Jim later told me I waited too long to flair the elbows. For the first time wearing a shirt that way and the first time I had 500 on the bar, I'll take it.
DL - 600 joke That was the problem. I didn't take the grip seriously and almost dropped it. 630 Easy record. Should have put more on but I didn't want to be a moron and miss. I chose 650 for my third. About 5 lifters out Phil and Cheri told me to change it to 670 and go for Elite. It was too much on this day but I did get that bitch moving. Didn't have any grip problems thanks to the wraps and taking my time setting up.
Analysis - My squat and dead have the same sticking point. I'm going to add in Mikesell pull thru's in extra workout 2 times a week. I will also start pulling thru in a rotation with the GHR and Rev Hyper. There were no other noticable weaknesses. Abs and upper back felt outstanding. In the bench, my press is more fluid than it has been in the past. I don't want to change something that's working. Also my new tricep rotation of heavy press, heavy press, ext in the supplemental movement did wonders for my lockout (but it still sucks). I did notice a little problem near the bottom so every other floor press day I'm going to do cambered bar of the 1 board or drop the chains on the floor press.
You who read this watch. I promise you, you'll see another round of PR's later this year. This training works.
