Workout A - 07/07/12

Workout 25

SQUAT

Barx15

40kgx10

60kgx5

2x70kgx5

70kgx10

BENCH

40kgx10

60kgx5

75kgx3

2x85kgx5

85kgx4.9999 PR Got pinned

DEADLIFT

60kgx5

100kgx5

120kgx2

132.5kgx6 PR

142.5kgx1 PR

Really odd workout. Let's start at the beginning. Squats felt great, really worked on a few major points which have been faults of mine: 1. Slowed down the descent 2. Got comfortable under the bar in the rack and took it nice and steady. 3. Actively took bigger breaths and made sure each rep was perfect. 

This resulted in squats which looked and felt good, with my knees looking solid and not tracking out as much as my old Olympic form, sitting back a tad more, while still maintaining the high bar idea of sitting down between my legs. Overall good squatting, great to feel excited about squats again.

Bench was fucked. Got 2x85kgx5, was super tired but thought I could just use mongrel to get the last set. After the 4th rep of the 3rd set I should have racked it, but instead I thought 'ONLY ONE MO REP'. Almost made it, but ended up losing out and having to dump and roll after a lot of struggle. 

This made me kind of shaky for deads. I pulled six on my work set and let out a big roar, but only because I thought I had loaded the bar to 135kg. So I misloaded the bar to 2.5kg less than I had thought it was. So I got mad and loaded 140kg onto the bar and ripped it for an easy single, only to be informed by T later on in the day that there was in fact an extra 2.5kg plate on one side! Didn't know whether to feel like an absolute dingus or a king, either way I didn't notice the unbalanced bar. That ended the most insane workout I've ever had. Note to self: count the weights before doing the exercise.