*3 Weeks Out from Lexen Xtreme Fall Classic*
Last night for max effort day I drove up to London, OH after work to squat in my gear with Matt Smith and Dave Tate to get their input. Training has been feeling really good the past few weeks, but yesterday was a rough day from the beginning, and sleeping in and miss-timing my daily medication didn't help. I was all over the place yesterday, and after several panic attacks and issues remembering where I was going I finally was able to mellow out somewhat for training once I got to the compound. Life goes on..
Warm-ups felt pretty good, and weights were moving quickly initially. Since my best meet squat is 750, my initial thought was to open at 700, but after 700 was much rougher than it should've been, I think I'm going to be smarter and open with like 670, then shoot for a PR on my 3rd. (as opposed to potentially 2nd). My setup for the 700 was all messed up technique-wise, and I tried moving my grip in based on a suggestion to get my back tighter but that seemed to make me unstable on the unrack. I was able to get it down to around depth and squat it up, but I was shaking like crazy which is something that doesn't normally happen. Bottom line, wasn't a good rep, but there are plenty of other things playing into it. Every meet cycle my squats seem to be feeling rough leading into the meet but then after being rested things go better on meet day, so I'm hoping on the same here in a few weeks. Rest, some technique tweaks, and keeping a short memory on rough days like today should work everything out. Gotta keep adjusting and moving forward,
Notes for Improvement: Keep grip wider to lock lats tight, let bar settle longer before starting.
Last Week's Training: Max Effort Dead-Start Good Morning w/ SSB
Next Week's Training: Max Effort Reverse Band Deadlift
A1. Standing Pull-Down Ab Warm-Up - 4x18
A2. Light Reverse Hypers - 4x20
B. Squat
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barx2x8
150x2x3
add Metal Ace Briefs
240x3
330x2
380x1
420x1
add Metal Jack Squatter (straps down)
530x1
straps up
610x1
add knee wraps
700x1
C. Reverse Hypers - 2x20