Pretty exciting workout – I decided to do deadlifts for the first time since 6/4 and they felt pretty good. Everything was pretty easy and fast, but I feel my forearm aching after the 585 and 655 doubles so I shut it down. No sense in overdoing it right from the start. Pleased that I could hit 655 without much trouble after the extended ‘time off’ from deads. Did some rack pulls afterwards to finish things off. Moved on to bench and things went fine until my first double @ 345. After racking the bar I had a sharp pain in my right elbow (where its been hurting the last month) and could barely extend or bend my arm. I pulled off my elbow sleeves and rested a bit and started doing some light chest presses (which were excruciating) and then I felt a ‘pop’ in my elbow and the pain instantly went away and I had no troubles finishing some light pressing after that. I must have pinched a nerve on that set. Feeling OK now but will probably skip bench on Friday to let it rest. Just to be safe.
Deadlift:
135x10x1
225x6x1
315x3x1
405x3x1
495x2x1
585x2x1
655x2x1
Rack Deadlift (bar @ mid-knee):
315x5x1
405x5x1
495x5x1
585x5x1
495x10x1
Bench Press (touch and go):
135x15x1
205x3x1
245x3x1
285x3x1
325x3x1
325x3x1
345x2x1
Chest Press Machine:
100x12x1
100x12x1
100x12x1
100x12x1
100x12x1
Chest Press Machine – Neutral Grip:
100x12x1
100x12x1
100x12x1
150x12x1
150x12x1
Standing Cable Crunch:
100x10x1
75x10x1
75x10x1
DB Preacher Curl:
30x10x1
30x10x1
30x10x1
30x10x1
30x12x1
Band Pull-Aparts:
red x50x1
red x50x1
red x50x1
Duration: 75 minutes