Tester Workout

First workout back today went well. Definitely didn’t feel great, a little tired, slow, stiff, and definitely not crazy strong. But decent.

Started with paused squats. Did a fair amount of warming up, and mixed in regular squats with the paused stuff just to feel out the movement as a whole. Hit a set with the bar, then 8 at 95, 5 at 135, 4 at 185, 3 at 225, 2 at 255, then a single at 275 and a single at 295. It was a pretty tough rep – I felt pretty confident that I had another 10 or so lbs in me, but there was really no point in pushing there, so I called it there.

Next, benched up heavy. I was playing around with technique, trying to set up differently than my normal setup, and I don’t  know how I liked it. Felt a little weird and unstable, but my feet were definitely more straight than normal. Maybe I just need to find a better hybrid setup. Anyways, bench definitely felt a little weak and sad. Hit warmups with the bar, 95, 135, 185, then a single at 205 and 225. Felt pretty tough and slow so I called it there. I think I am going to keep my setup the same, and just focus on straightening my feet.

Next, hook grip deads. Again, these felt a little slow and shitty. Not sure if the hook grip throws off my form, or if my form was just a little off because I haven’t pulled in like a week and a half. I think perhaps I will have to play around with the same grip-it-and-rip-it mentality, but with a little bit of a more static setup if I am going to pull with a hook grip. Anyways, pulled 135 and 245 easy, 315 was a bit slow off the floor, same with 365, and 405 was just a pretty slow, tough rep. But, the grip was fine. I think I will just have to figure out the setup with the new grip, which should be very easy with all the lighter pulling I have for the next bunch of weeks.

Finally, strict press was kind of the worst haha. Just didn’t feel great. Pressed the bar, 95, 135, and then 165 for a double, and called it there.

So, nothing special today but a good first day back. Gonna do arms and stretch tomorrow, and try and get my body ready to go hard Monday! I’m excited. Today definitely wasn’t amazing, but I need to just focus on the changes I’m making – slight form tweaks on bench and deadlift, and then just focus on ripping through my workouts, eating and living well, and losing all this extra fat. Lets keep at it!