21 November 2014
Intensity night
Well it has been a week from hell and today was no exception. Lack of sleep the past few weeks has taken a toll on me and today was so busy I forgot to eat lunch. By the time it was quitting time my stomach was growling and I had a banana. I was feeling pretty weak and shaky on the way home and I debated on whether it was worth going to the gym. I am going out of town to watch a powerlifting meet tomorrow so I figured I would go and get done what I could.
The gym was almost empty so it was nice to get in and get some work in undisturbed
 


Squats - I warmed up as normal with hardly any rest between sets right up to 160kgs and then took a couple of minutes and hit 180kgs for a single and went for 200kgs but not tonight. It felt so heavy when I started down that only lowered half way and went back up and racked it. I did another one at 180kgs but when I went for another single I dropped the weight and it crashed. Squats were done for the night. The safety on the rack came off. Good thing I got out of the way.

Bench press - the bench went surprisingly well after the squat issues. I did fewer warm ups than I usually do to limit fatigue but I still kept rests to a minimum until the biggest set. I took a couple of minutes and then hit my 130kgs pretty easy. I had a slight grind but the weight went up at a good speed. I gave 135kgs a go but I only got it up about halfway. I am happy with the way the bench went consider my other factors. I think if I was rested and fuelled up properly I could have hit a new PR but I can wait for the competition for that.

1 1/2 deadlifts - this is where you come up to about the knees and back down to the floor, then a full deadlift. Once again this is to help work the bottom of my deadlift. These  hit my lower back hard. Mostly because of the tightness of the muscles. I'll get this sorted eventually and break a 200kg deadlift.