A little bit stuck
Warm-up:
dynamic squat stretching
3x5 low-bar back squat (45x5, 95x5, 135x3, 185x2 then 3x215)
3x5 bench press (45x5, 75x5, 105x3, 135x2 then 145/145/145[f5])
2 rounds:
7 KTE
10 standing plate twists
Quick late lunch break at Coles (abbreviated spring break hours means no workouts before work). Felt heavy today, might be hitting a first plateau. Squats slowing substantially on reps 4 and 5; feeling solid on initial weighting and first few reps though - up to 220.
Bench actually felt pretty strong, and no real shoulder issues, but just didn't have the last rep of the last set. Bailed out onto my belly, luckily it's a soft landing zone. Getting close to limit though, will have to switch to spotter, rack, or dumbbells soon, or go to a different rep scheme.
5 comments:
Make sure to leave the clamps off so you can bail safely (relatively)!
Yeah thought about that, but don't think that would pass with the hall monitors - better to get a spot, or find another way.
Or get stronger...
Honestly I wouldn't be super stoked about benching without a spot or some other safety metric in place. Not only would it be hard to push that last extra bit, but the penalty for failure can be high.
Depends on where you normally fail. Once you know this, it is usually easy to tell when you will fail, and you just cut a rep short. This shouldn't be very hard to gauge when benching for reps. I agree it's much harder to gauge with singles.
If there's a mobile bench, just push it into the squat rack.
I think the bench in the rack is my next plan; as if just getting the rack to squat weren't hard enough...
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