May 29, 2021: SQ (light), BP (light), DL

Not much the last couple of days Today, Saturday: SQ: 155 lb x 3, 195 x 3, 3 BP: Floor press, 2nd session: 65 lb x 8 85 x 8 105 x 8 - was top weight last time 125 x 8 - good DL: grip double over, r/u twice, l/u twice 2 weeks ago: 125 kg on the 5:00, grip double, r/u, l/u, r/u, l/u last week: 130 kg on the 4:00 grip as today (see above) today: 135 on the 4:00 245 lb x 5 double over to warmup 00:00 135 kg x 5 double over 04:00 135 x 5 r/u 08:00 135 x 5 r/u 12:00 135 x 5 l/u - bar moves faster with this, my favored grip 16:00 135 x 5 l/u - excellent, was harder than last week but kept form and speed _better_ than last week! Maybe next week: 140 x 5, 145 x 4, 150 x 3, 155 x 2, 160 x 1 Maybe June 12: 155 x 4, 160 x 3, 165 x 2, 170 x 1????

May 26, 2021: SQ (light), BP

walk hang from RT hang from rings, play a little with straight-arm push-down from rings SQ: 165 lb x 6, 185 lb x 4 BP: 135 lb x 5, 155 x 3 165 x 5, 5 - one of the j-hooks came out of the rack - replacement j-hooks, insufficiently padded and with some flex tape added, altogether not a winning combination! With the current setup I have, getting out from under the bar was pretty uncomfortable as I had to roll it down my body until it got to my hips before the bar was resting on the safeties. Change of plans, then - learn the floor press (FP): FP: 135 lb x 0 - can't figure out how to get the weight into position watch a YouTube or two, then bar x 10 65 lb x 10 85 x 10 105 x 10 Seems my bridge point is more like my belly button than my hips. Thank you to my wife for giving me feedback about body, bar, hand, etc., positions on my first day doing these. NB: my shoulders downright hurt, even with an empty bar, the first few reps as my body and brain tried to figure out what to do, but that went away as I sorted things out. Also worthy of note that my grip is much narrower. No DL today - it's been enough for the day.

May 25, 2021: Variety

walk a few lifts while teaching including a 315 lb deadlift. WM: all R/L bw x 1 4 kg x 1 6 kg x 2 8 kg x 2 - first 8k this go-round

May 24, 2021: SQ, BP (light), DL (light)

walk WM: bw x 5R, 5L, 1R SQ: 155 lb x 3 185 x 2 205 x 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 - personal best 5 x 5, 205 lb x 1.2 = 246 lb (guesstimated new 1RM) Tentative (dates are Mon/Tue, depending on when I have time to lift each week) May 31/June1: 215 x 4 x 4 June 7/8: 225 x 3 x 3 June 14/15: 235 x 2 x 2 June 19: tentative meet attempts: 102.5 kg (226 lb), 107.5 kg (237 lb), 112.5 (248 lb) kg BP: 165 lb x 3 - about 10:00 after SQ was finished, felt heavy, but goal was to keep this brief, so it's OK DL: 265 lb x 5 r/u, x 5 l/u - keeping tension at bottom

May 23, 2021: WM

Sunday, today: Early Buteyko walk WM: bw x 2R/L 4 kg x 1R/L 6 kg x 4R/L - trying to continue not being piggish and progressing slowly

May 22, 2021: SQ (light), BP (light), DL

Today, Saturday: walk SQ: 155 lb (~70% 1RM) x 5 175 (~80%) x 7 195 (~89%) x 3 BP: 150 lb x 7, 8 DL: 235 lb x 5 double over Last time, on the 5:00 and double over, r/u, l/u, r/u, l/u This time, +5 kg, - 1:00 rest, grip r/u twice then l/u twice (more grip fatiguing) 00:00 130 kg x 5 double over 04:00 130 x 5 r/u 08:00 130 x 5 r/u 12:00 130 x 5 l/u 16:00 130 x 5 l/u - finish 4:00 earlier, grip more fatigued, especially left side

May 21, 2021: Variety: walk, wheel, clean, WM

walk while teaching/demo: standing wheel on 4th step x 2, single and double kettlebell cleans up to 2 x 24 kg WM: bw x 3R/L 4 kg x 3R/L 6 kg x 3R/L - finding my form on these again, finally.