Thursday, January 4, 2018

Week 7 Day 4 Thank God for the Deload

This squat workout ended up being split into two days. Yesterday ended up being part 1 was one of those write off workouts. Crappy energy, tired and the weights did not feel light on my back. Accumulative fatigue on the body and CNS from the rest of the week catching up to me. This will be my biggest volume week leading up to the competition so it's understandable this would happen. After my deload there will be one more week of higher intensity but lower volume. 
Yesterday I did my normal warm up and started into my squat workout. Right from the onset I had a bad feeling just like the classic scene in platoon lol. For my AMRAP set I went 5 lbs heavier than 2 two weeks ago and only managed 3 reps. After that I did hyper extensions with curl ups and called it a workout. Today I was itching for revenge and feeling somewhat better so I went back and repeated the squat workout with less reps leading up to my final weight again. This time I hit 4 reps and it just felt better. I would not have done this normally but I'm heading into a deload and my legs were not feeling totally wrecked this am. That will happen in another 24 hours.
I finished with smith machine front squats supersetted with stationary lunges.
A quote from his book.
So the next time you have a bad workout, embrace it, remember it and do whatever you have to do to make your next workout better than the last one. Let me give you a tip – moping around like a sad puppy dog isn’t going to help you. Change your attitude. Attitude is the one thing you have total control over and the minute you let doubt, depression or martyrdom creep in, you set yourself up for a long life of mediocrity.
Wendler, Jim. Beyond 5/3/1: Simple Training for Extraordinary Results


Day 4 Part 1
Squats warm up bar x 10, 95 x 10, 135 x 10, 185 x 10, 225 x 5, 275 x 5
work sets 295 x 5, 315 x 3, 335 x 1, 355 x 3 AMRAP with training max
Hyper extensions with curl up BW x 10 2 sets, 20 x 10, 30 x 10 3 sets

Day 4 Part 2
Squats warm up bar x 10, 95 x 10, 135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 3, 275 x 2
work sets 315 x 1, 335 x 1, 355 x 4 AMRAP with training max
Front squat 135 x 10, 185 x 10, 205 x 10, 225 x 8
supersetted with 
Stationary DB Lunges 40 x 10, 50 x 10, 50 x 10, 50 x 10



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