Bothell Barbell: 4/23/12
Squats:
Tom: 315x5
Did some light squats today. I haven't done these in a while. Interestingly, these felt just as light as 315 always feels. I would have expected them to feel heavier because I'm not fully recovered from squats. Maybe I could be squatting heavy three days a week? Oh well. I'm not going to find out. My main focus was depth here. Basically, as long as I focus on knees out, I hit depth easily.
Zach: 175x5x3
He has a little looseness in the hole sometimes. It's just an overcompensation for when he's slightly high on the previous rep. As he practices more, he'll continue to improve.
Bench:
Tom: 240x5
As silly as it sounds, I really focused on mind-muscle connection with my right arm today. I've been having some right/left side strength discrepancy lately. I wish I could say there was zero of this today, but there wasn't. I certainly reduced the effect immensely, though. This was quite a tough set. I'm not sure I could have squeezed out a sixth rep. I'll have to decide if I want to go for 245 next Saturday. As long as I eat enough, I should be okay. I haven't gained weight in a while because I haven't been disciplined enough in the kitchen.
Zach: 167.5x5x3
Just absolutely brutal reps. The last set was amazing. I swear, every single rep was a grinder. Every single one. After the first rep, I thought there was no way he was going to get this set, but, hey, he did. Fucking awesome stuff.
Power Cleans:
Tom: 185x3
I ramped up to a triple. I had no JACK3D today and I really felt it. I was BURNED OUT by the time cleans came around. I had to summon up everything I had left to finish these cleans. I need my JACK3D, asap, lol. My PR triple is 190.
Zach: 135x3x5
Milestone! He tends to have slow elbows. So do I. These finally looked like some decently hard cleans for him. We'll keep pushing them up.
Chinups:
Zach: BWx5,5,10
I'm not sure how much Zach weighed today. We'll have him add 10lbs next time and use the same protocol. Once he can do eight or more, we'll add 5lbs to the belt.
Pretty solid day. No one missed any reps and several PRs were had.
