6/9 – Deadlift – 5/3/1

Deads felt OK today – still feeling a bit off. I did not have much energy for conventionals after sumos – the 575×8 wore me out.

Deadlift:
135x12x1
225x10x1
315x5x1
405x3x1
495x5x1
575x3x1
640x3x1
575x8x1

Conventional Deadlift:
405x3x1
455x2x1
505x1x1

Wide-grip BB Row:
225x6x1
275x6x1
275x6x1
275x6x1
275x6x1

Single-arm Cable Face Pulls:
40x12x1
60x12x1
80x12x1
80x12x1
80x12x1
80x12x1

Duration: 60 minutes

6/8 – Incline Bench Press – 5/3/1

Decent inclines today. Strength was not fully there, but I did what I needed to do.

Incline Bench Press:
135x12x1
185x6x1
225x5x1
275x5x1
310x3x1
345x1x1

Paused Incline Bench Press:
315x3x1
275x8x1
225x12x1

Standing Arnold DB Presses:
55x12x1
55x12x1
55x12x1

Wide-grip Lat Pulldown (bench press rom):
175x6x1
200x6x1
200x6x1
225x6x1
225x6x1

Reverse Cable Pushdown:
40x12x1
60x12x1
80x12x1
80x12x1
80x12x1

Seated Bicep Curl Machine:
100x12x1
125x12x1
150x10x1
125x10x1
100x12x1
100x12x1
100x12x1
100x12x1
75x12x1
50x12x1

Band OH Extension:
red x12x1
red x12x1
red x12x1
red x12x1
red x12x1

Band Pull-Aparts:
red x50x1
red x50x1
red x50x1

Duration: 60 minutes

6/5 – High-bar ATG Squat – 3’s

Squats were easy – paused the last set’s reps.

ATG Squats (high-bar):
135x12x1
225x10x1
345x3x1
390x3x1
435x5x1

Seated Leg Extension:
170x20x1
170x20x1
170x20x1
170x20x1
170x20x1

Seated Tricep Extensions:
75x12x1
75x12x1
75x12x1
75x12x1
75x12x1

Rope Face Pulls:
80x20x1
80x20x1
80x20x1
80x20x1
80x20x1

Bench Dips:
bw x15x1
bw x15x1
bw x15x1
bw x15x1
bw x15x1

Duration: 35 minutes

6/4 – Paused Bench – 3’s

Good benching today, more PRs to follow. Strict militaries still pinging my rear right delt at the bottom of the rom, though.

Paused Bench Press:
135x12x1
185x6x1
225x5x1
255x3x1
290x3x1
325x4x1 (PR)
290x6x1
255x8x1
225x12x1

Strict Military Press:
135x12x1
135x12x1
135x12x1
135x12x1
135x12x1

Seated Pec Flye Machine:
170x12x1
170x12x1
170x12x1
198x12x1
212x12x1
170x12x1

Seated Neutral Grip Chest Press:
150x12x1
150x12x1
150x12x1
150x15x1
200x15x1

BB Curls:
135x12x1
135x12x1
135x12x1
135x12x1
135x12x1

Shrugs (pause at top for 2-3 seconds):
225x5x1
315x5x1
405x5x1
495x5x1
585x5x1 (PR)
495x5x1
405x5x1
315x5x1
225x5x1

Band Pull-Aparts:
red x50x1
red x50x1
red x50x1

Duration: 75 minutes

6/2 – Deadlift ME

Got a wild hair in me to go after some heavy conventionals and worked up to a new pr – not bad.

Conventional Deadlift:
135x12x1
225x10x1
315x6x1
405x3x1
495x3x1
545x2x1
595x1x1
615x2x1 (PR)

SLDL:
495x3x1
495x3x1
405x5x1

DB Rows:
150x6x1
175x6x1
150x6x1
150x6x1
150x6x1

Single-arm Bicep Curl Machine:
50x10x1
62x10x1
75x8x1
87x8x1
100x6x1
75x10x1
62x15x1
50x20x1

Reverse Bicep Curl Machine:
50x30x1
50x30x1
37x50x1

Duration: 60 minutes

6/1 – Incline Bench – 3’s

Good workout to start the month off. Inclines were solid, and paused work felt really good.

Incline Bench Press:
135x12x1
185x10x1
225x6x1
260x3x1
290x3x1
325x3x1

Paused Incline Bench Press:
290x5x1 (PR)
260x8x1
225x12x1

Seated Pec Flye Machine:
170x10x1
184x10x1
198x10x1
212x10x1
226x10x1
198x10x1
170x10x1

Seated Lat Row Machine:
200x20x1
200x20x1
200x20x1
200x20x1
200x20x1

Strict DB Side Laterals:
20x12x1
20x12x1
20x12x1
20x12x1
20x12x1

Paused Flat Neutral-grip DB Bench:
55x10x1
55x10x1
55x10x1
55x10x1
55x10x1

Flat Underhand-grip DB Bench (super with neutral grip):
55x10x1
55x10x1
55x10x1

Band Pull-Aparts:
red x50x1
red x50x1
red x50x1

Duration: 75 minutes

5/29 – ATG Squat and Paused Bench – 5’s

Shortened workout week so I doubled up squats and bench today. Everything was easy.

Paused Bench Press:
135x12x1
185x6x1
235x5x1
275x5x1
310x5x1
225x5x1
225x5x1

ATG Squats (high bar):
135x10x1
225x10x1
315x5x1
365x5x1
415x5x1

Chins/Pull-ups:
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x12x1

Rope Face Pulls:
80x20x1
80x20x1
80x20x1
80x20x1
80x20x1

Single-arm Cable Curls:
40x10x1
40x10x1
40x10x1
40x10x1
40x10x1
40x10x1
40x10x1

Reverse Cable Pushdowns:
50x20x1
50x20x1
50x20x1
50x20x1
50x20x1

Seated Pec Flye Machine:
170x12x1
184x12x1
198x12x1
198x12x1
170x12x1

Duration: 75 minutes

5/26 – Incline Bench – 5’s

Ahh, feels good to be back in the gym after 12 days off. Inclines felt really strong and fast. Gave dips a try to see how the elbow likes them – they hurt a little so we will see how they progress.

Incline Bench Press:
135x12x1
135x12x1
185x6x1
245x5x1
275x5x1
310x5x1

Paused Incline Bench Press:
275x5x1
275x5x1

Narrow CG Pulldowns:
200x6x1
250x6x1
264x6x1
278x6x1
292x6x1
306x6x1

Dips:
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x12x1

Seated Pec Flye Machine:
170x10x1
170x10x1
170x10x1
170x10x1

Single-arm Cable Extensions:
13x20x1
17x20x1
17x20x1

Single-arm Seated Bicep Curl Machine:
50x10x1
62x10x1
75x10x1
87x10x1
87x10x1
50x10x1
50x10x1
50x10x1
50x10x1
50x10x1

Band Pull-Aparts:
red x50x1
red x50x1
red x50x1

Duration: 70 minutes

5/14 – Paused ATG Squat – 5/3/1

Nice squats today. Short on time so really did not do much for warmups and just got after it. High bar, long 5 second pauses in the hole on each rep.

Paused ATG Squat:
225x6x1
355x5x1
405x3x1
455x2x1

Chins:
bw x12x1
bw x12x1
bw x15x1

Single-arm Seated Bicep Curl Machine:
50x12x1
50x12x1
50x12x1
50x12x1
50x12x1

DB Hammer Curls:
55x10x1
50x10x1
45x10x1
40x10x1
35x10x1
30x10x1
25x10x1

Duration: 30 minutes