First session of #40. A few notes for this cycle: my left forearm/elbow got tweaked during my last set (last rep actually) of deads during week 4 of #39. It does not bother me until I pick something up of decent weight and does not affect pressing. It also hurts holding the bar during high bar squats (that forward elbow rotation). As a result I am switching back to low-bar full squats for this cycle, and will not be doing any pulls until the elbow lets me.
That being said, today went well. Squats were easy. It felt nice going back to low-bar. Cruised through squats with ease, pausing each rep of my last set. Moved on to bench where I was feeling so solid that I benched without an arch until my 340 doubles, which ended up being pretty hard since the extra work needed on the archless bench reps is not something I am used to. Got everything done, though. Inclines were kept light, but they were still a workout. For the first time doing knees-locked GMs I considered adding weight…next time maybe.
ATG Squat:
135x10x1
275x5x1
325x4x1
380x3x1
380x3x1
435x3x1
435x3x1
435x3x1
435x3x1
435x3x1
Paused Bench Press:
135x10x1
200x5x1
240x4x1
240x4x1
280x3x1
280x3x1
320x3x1
320x3x1
340x2x1
340x2x1
340x2x1
320x3x1
320x3x1
300x4x1
300x4x1
300x4x1
Incline Bench Press:
225x10x1
225x10x1
225x10x1
225x10x1
225x10x1
Strict GMs:
135x5x1
135x5x1
135x5x1
135x5x1
135x5x1
Seated Leg Extension:
305x6x1
305x6x1
305x6x1
305x6x1
305x12x1
Band Pull-Aparts:
red x50x1
red x50x1
red x50x1
red x50x1
Duration: 120 minutes