Rained hard here today -- San Diegans aren't used to that. Makes for messy days, particularly on the roads.
Did a fair amount of dynamic work to start. Spiked and dropped two Axcel, as I knew this one would be hard.
Did a lot of bar work to warm up and got to it. Used elbow and knee sleeves, and that's it.
Squat, sets of 2 reps to RPE=9 plus 1 set of 95% of the last set. Weight came up pretty easily despite my trepidation. My setup in early sets was off somehow, and they consequently felt pretty heavy. I added 10kg to the total from the last full squat day, so progress continues. Frankly, I think I could have kept going up, but didn't want to grind one out with bench and deadlift still to come.
Competition raw bench, sets of 2 to RPE=9 plus 1 set of 77% AMRAP: added 10kg to this one too, which makes me very happy. Lost the bar from the groove on my RPE=9 set and spent a huge amount of energy trying to save it, so my 77% sets was all of about 4 reps. I can live with it.
Deadlift + chains, sets of 4 to RPE=9 plus one of 95%: added every chain I have and gutted these out. By now I was sucking wind and sweating like a pig, so it was more about finishing than anything else. Interestingly enough, the weight flew up, but I was pretty much cooked by this point and didn't do anything heroic to try for a new PR.
All in all, still very positive. Structurally I'm good, loving the volume, and making progress. Hope you are too.
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