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Thursday, November 14, 2013
Ups and Downs
Training was going well until last Wednesday when I got sick and the stress of work started getting to me. I went for a deadlift double at 455 lbs and couldn't move the weight an inch. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday I felt even shittier and rested up as much as possible while working most of the weekend. Monday I had off and tried to get back in where I left off. I bumped up the press to 177.5 lbs. Went 4-4-4...Ok, not bad so far - per greyskull programming, I'll switch to doing sets of 3 on these moving forward. Started warming up on squats. I got to my last warmup squat at 275 lbs...and failed. I almost quit lifting and went for the doritos right then. I went in the house, took a forkful of lamb out of the slowcooker and forced it down. Went back outside and loaded 305 up, which is where I am in my squat greyskull progression, having done 300 lbs a week earlier pretty easily. 305 felt so heavy. I could only manage sets of 3. But given that I was (and still am) recovering from being sick, I guess I'll take it. Tuesday and Wednesday, because of work, I couldn't get a workout in. Today I benched at work and did deadlifts when I got home. Bench went well. I got 3x5@247.5 lbs and it felt pretty good. I tried going for a double at 265lbs right after, and I couldn't get the weight off my chest. I tried a double at 255 lbs after that, and I could only get one rep and it was a squeaker. Ok, I'll take it. If I'm fresh I think I can get 285. Went home...had some turkey and an apple. Loaded up the bar for deadlifts. Did 7 reps at 325 lbs overhand grip. Felt pretty good. Loaded the bar up to 455 for a double. First rep felt easy. Second rep was a squeaker but I got it. Pretty happy, feeling good after a tough week of training and shitty week of work. Time to mob.
Stick with it big guy, I feel like I'm pushing up against a concrete wall at this point too. We blew our peaking load a hair too early.
ReplyDeleteHey man, you're not giving up. Go suck down some more lamb and keep hitting the wights hard. It'll click in succession one day, when you are well rested. Having a shitty recovery is definitely what's affecting you, and probably little else.
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