Ego Out

Today was Squat day again. After last week, I felt really good about where my squats were at, so I wanted to see if that would hold if I went a little heavier. So I pulled out old cycle 1/wk 1 of 5-3-1 and went for 5 @ 140 and 150, and 5+ @ 160.

Mmm...not so much. I'm not even going to post them here, they're just not good. So ego out, gotta just really master and nail the form lighter...I think 140 is max for a while and I'll spend more of my time around 125 - 135 and progress it more slowly than 5-3-1 calls for.

Here's the whole workout:

Squats
5 x 140
5 x 150
5+ x 160 - 5
135 x 8

RDLs
10 x 135, 165, 175

Here's the 175 set:


Hack Squats
10 x 130, 140, 150
15 x 90

Lying Leg Curls
10, 10, 8 @ 30

Inverted Leg Press
12 @ 150
2 x 10 @ 180

BB (same leg) Lunges
10/leg @ 85

BB (alt leg) Lunges
10/leg @ 75

Good Mornings
2 x 15 @ bar

Machine Hip Adductor
3 x 10 @ 160

DB Bench Step-ups
2 x 20/leg @ 20

Leg Extensions (Drop set)
95 x 13, 80 x 7, 65 x 6, 50 x 6, 35 x 5, 20 x 13

FB Hamstring Roll
2 x 20

Legs are changing, growing - definitely stronger even though I'm not seeing that translate yet to my squat.

Tomorrow is Chest/back/abs (bench) day again. Gotta figure out how to do the BB Floor presses at the power rack as Myles recommended, and will try to video the chin-ups. Chin-ups! Exciting :)