26 September 2014
Week 5 Intensity Day

This was the end to another week of good lifting.
I had a couple of issues and I feel like a bit of a puss. While having a big stretch sitting at my desk my right trap cramped up and didn't come right. Turning my head to the right puts a pain from my neck right down into the shoulder. It didn't bother me on squats or even deadlifts but it hit my bench pretty bad. I just wasn't at 100% tonight and I wasn't sure what to expect.



Squats - These felt heavy tonight and when I did a single at 180kgs warming up I thought I might need to just do a triple tonight. I made my triple ok but some kids stood right in front of my camera so I decided to do another set. Since I didn't do x5 I thought 2 sets of 3 was a good trade off. Surprisingly enough the traps didn't seem to bother me much here.


Bench Press - Warming up I could feel my trap twinging at about 100kgs but I thought I should b ok. Once at 115kgs for my work set I got a spotter and went for 5 reps. I did ok but no pausing the reps. One thing that normally doesn't happen is , my right arm lagged behind. Usually my left arm is the one that struggles, I guess the trap had more to do with it than I thought, but I still got by reps in.


Sumo Dead lifts - I have been reading, listening and watching about deadlifting in oly shoes as a way of changing up deadlifts. so I decided to give it a shot. I actually felt pretty good with the shoes on. I was able to get a good drag up the shins and got some volume in on sumo's.


Deadlifts - I kept the lifting shoes on for these too. I am really concentrating on form and looking at volume rather than intensity. I think this approach along with the other back work is helping out. The back felt good through my sets with only the last rep feeling a little tight. I am really working to keep the bar back and my bar path has improved.