Last night’s mobility was The Best Shoulder Mob Ever, hip flexor stretch, external rotation of the femur with lateral and posterior band distraction, and rolling out soft tissue along t-spine/scap with arm behind back in internal rotation.
Preworkout fuel consisted of a rather inadequate reuben sandwich with kettle chips and a Starbucks iced cocoa cappucino. Hydration = 16oz of water.
45min glucose elevation time, then:
Benched 245lb x 4 paused, followed by 235lbs x 4 and 225lbs x 5. Probably could have finished off 245lb x 5 if I had a bigger meal preworkout. 245lb x 4 paused is still a PR, I’ve benched 252.5lb x 5 touch-and-go at 178lbs bw and the most I ever paused at the time was 235lbs x 5. I’m 161lb now.
High-bar back squat 395lb x 4, 375lbs x 5, 355lbs x 5.
Barbell pressed 135lbs x 7. Would have done more here, but needed to get to work. I press 2x a week, both focused on either volume or intensity bench, and I do some accessory pressing at the end of each workout with overhead work and db benching for swollertrophy. In a perfect world I would have gotten another set of barbell press here, with another few minutes of rest after the squats so I could have gotten a solid 10+ reps. I finished this workout in about an hour flat.
Glad to see the Shrug Thug has got his yoke on-line!