Wrist issues are still there, but it *seems* to be slowly getting better. Well, maybe not "better", but less pain. Wanted to see how straight bar benching again would affect it.... no better, but no worse. I"m also being more diligent with my recovery stuff.... rolling, using the floss band and digging in some trigger points. Main points seem to be forearm and bicep tendon related, so I'm going to keep up with that regardless. Squats have been feeling ok, but I know there's a few things I need to still improve on. My squats are always the lift that seem to be lagging... like anything, a constant work in progress. It's October and I love October... fall, Halloween, football, baseball post season play (Go CUBS!) and of course, this was birthday week. Had some wonderful gifts and messages from friends and family... and was even greeted with my son puking on the evening of my birthday... and then two days later an evening of my daughter sharing in the puke fest... that was a good time. Life is moving and busy and some deep reflections have been keeping me focused... on me. Some much needed time to keep digging into me.
Training October 9-13
Monday A. Bench, worked up to 165x5, paused B. 3 board, worked up to 185x7 C1. Chain chest flyes 4x12 C2. Fat bell rows 4x12 D1. Chain skullcrushers 4x12 D2. Laterals 4x12
Tuesday A. Box squats vs 2 chains 6x2 @ 165 B. 1.5 stiff leg deads 4x8 C. Leg extensions 4x10, drop set last set D. Prowler push 6x down and back (slow driving steps) Thursday A. Bench vs. chain 9x3 @ 95 B. DB Standing shoulder press 4x10 C1. Seated laterals C2. Seated cleans C3. Straight bar face pulls D. EZ bar skulls 4x8 slow eccentrics + 12 close grip presses E. EZ preacher curls 4x8, slow eccentrics F. Side lying rear raises 3x12 Friday A. Squats 235x3 255x3 275x2 285x2 235x8 235x8 B. SSB Goodmornings 4x8 C1. SSB Reverse lunge 4x6 each C2. Leg ext 4x6 each D1. Pullups 4x10 D2. Band leg curls 4x15 E. Adductors 2x12
Felt good today so worked up a bit. Not to “max out” but to see how my position is under a heavy load. After months of off season training with specialty bars and what not, it’s good to see where things are at and then create a plan moving forward. 285x2, then 235x8. Not perfect but pretty smooth. Next week I’ll be working some sumo with teammates at the @elitefts compound! #teamelitefts #powerlifting #squat thanks @j_patrickk @illianapowerasylum A post shared by Julia Ladewski (@julialadewski) on
