Pretty wired at the moment -- just finished the session and am still jacked up with Axcel and half a Spike. Around 8:00, I'll probably crash hard.
The sessions are getting more serious, with fatigue sets at 95% now. Started with a bunch of water, a fair amount of dynamic work, and a fair amount of bar work. I'm going to have to get more serious about foam rolling either before or after, as soreness is starting to follow me around like a puppy. I'm already spacing sessions out so that I have a day between each, and I have no more room to give. Time to start soft tissue work, I guess.
Used elbow sleeves for the bench and knee sleeves with the squats and DL.
Squat, sets of 3 to RPE=9 plus 1 set of 95%: Increased the weight by 6% this time, which made me very happy. The 95% set was no problem.
Competition raw bench, sets of 3 to RPE=9 plus 1 set of 77% AMRAP: hit a solid 265kg, which is very close to a PR if not one. Got 7 reps of 410#.
2-count paused Deadlift, sets of 4 to RPE=9 plus 1 set of 95%: This was just brutal after the squat effort. I actually lifted 15% less than last time I did this # of reps of this exercise (5 sessions ago). I don't feel bad about it, given the effort everywhere else.
The funny thing is, in the individual lifts I have lifted more weight than I do now but I've never felt stronger. I guess I'm a Tuchscherer convert, and I'll definitely stick with him. Even with the unimpressive DL, using the RPE=9 set weights, I lifted a raw total of over 1800# today. Now, yeah, they were gym lifts and not comp, but with multiple sets and at my age that's downright incredible. If I can bring up that DL with the other two efforts (and I have several weeks), I can score a legit elite as a masters competitor.
I can live with that.
Great night, all.
No comments:
Post a Comment