Week 2 Intensity Day
It never ceases to amaze me how empty the gym is on a Friday evening. By the time I got my shoes changed and ready to go I hopped right into the squat rack and got going.
Squats - felt really good tonight. The rack was clear and I warmed up by myself with just time to change weight between warm up sets. Once I hit my work weight I took a couple of minutes before hitting it. The weight was enough to make me work and the last rep was getting heavy. At some point over the next few weeks I'll be dropping a rep as intensity ramps up. I had some help from Brian, you hear him having some fum on a couple commands. I changed my grip to thumbs over on his advice and it did help my wrists a bit.
Bench Press - Just as I was ready to hit the bench the guys on it finished up. I warmed up and went straight to my work set keeping rests pretty short. I decided to let the camera run for the full workout. the work set got heavy on the last rep also. I will shift these to 3x2 in a couple of weeks. Heavy doubles will keep intensity up.
Sumo Deadlifts - these are light enough and feel just fine. I widened my stance out a little and pointed my toes out more. This seemed to help the lift even more. This was some advice I got last week. These feel ok and I'll add some more weight next week.
Deadlift - The only thing I am finding with deadlifts is my back gets fatigued.. might have something with all the other work put in before. I might consider changing these up for rack pulls or another assistance movement and deadlifting once a month.
I'm pretty happy with how things are going and the gains will keep coming.
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