BruteForce: Power Overwhelming

[mab54]

Good session brute, have to skip farmers here too because of rain.

[Kuytrider]

23 singles!!!

That's what I call smashing the damn weights

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Rock on Brute. Have a good weekend.

Originally Posted by dmaipa

solid session

Originally Posted by mab54

Good session brute, have to skip farmers here too because of rain.

Originally Posted by Kuytrider

23 singles!!!

That's what I call smashing the damn weights

Thanks fellas.

Nice easy day today. Pleasant out, so took a leisurely walk, fired up the grill when I got back and cooked some great chicken.

[BigJosh]

Looks like a pretty brutal session. I'm getting worn out just looking at it. Very intense.

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BigJosh

Looks like a pretty brutal session. I'm getting worn out just looking at it. Very intense.

Thanks Josh!

[bruteforce]

So, if I were to grade my workout today, its a B+ and a D-. B+ if I go by the numbers I moved, D- if I go by how it felt.

Squat - ugh
Bar x 5
40 # KB Goblet squat x 5
Bar x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 5 doubles - huge PR, but each one felt impossibly heavy

Bench - arg no legs left to help
Bar x 10 - this felt heavy
95 x 5 - almost didn't finish these
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 3
205 x 1 - pinned, yay spotter
205 x 3
205 x 3
205 x 2
205 x 1 - massive lat cramp

205 triples are a PR
BB Row
105 x 5 x 10

Fin


Everything felt heavy and didn't want to move. I got it done, but damn today was nasty.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by bruteforce

Everything felt heavy and didn't want to move. I got it done, but damn today was nasty.

It will get better Might take months, but it will. All part of the (not so fun) mental game.

275 x 5 doubles - huge PR, but each one felt impossibly heavy

Considering where your PR was a month ago this is a great achievement.

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

It will get better Might take months, but it will. All part of the (not so fun) mental game.



Considering where your PR was a month ago this is a great achievement.

Thanks BtB. I'm considering splitting bench out from squats, or at least doing the rows in between to let my legs recover. Its more proof to me that I have to work on my conditioning.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by bruteforce

Thanks BtB. I'm considering splitting bench out from squats, or at least doing the rows in between to let my legs recover. Its more proof to me that I have to work on my conditioning.

Probably not a bad move. Sometimes I shuffle around loves to maximize recovery for the biggest lifts.

[bruteforce]

Fun with repetitions

BB Row
95 x 7 x 10

Power Clean
95 x 5
95 x 5
135 x 3
185 -> high pull to chest, couldn't quite catch, 3 x 3
135 x 5

Bench
135 x 3 x 10
135 x 5 (had hope for 4 sets of 10, but my triceps were giving out)

KB Swing
40# x 10 per hand