FRIDAY - "SQUAT" DAY
As I said before, my hip flexors have been hurting me when I squat, so the mission of today was to figure out what I can do without pain. I fucked around with a bunch of different stances etc. Every variation of back squats I could come up with hurt me, so I tried front squats. With just the bar, these felt ok. So I did
Front Squats
45x5
95x5
With this heavier weight, I could feel it starting to irritate my hip, so I quit doing that. I pretty much gave up on squatting, and decided to go heavy on the Good Mornings. If it's good enough for Louie Simmons, it's good enough for me. I didn't feel like figuring out what my "true" 5/3/1 weights would be, so I just took a stab at it:
Good Mornings
95x5
135x5
165x3
195x5
225x5
235x5
Last set is here:
Yeah, that's fucking right. I listen to All Things Considered stories about Of Montreal to get me fucking psyched.
I think my form was pretty good. Probably could have gone lower on the fourth one. However, this is heavier than I've ever gone on GMs, so I think it was pretty good for that. I'm glad I can find a way to put something heavy on my back every week.
Then I thought maybe this would be ok:
DB Goblet Squat
40 x 15
This started to irritate my hip as well, so that was it.
Ab Wheel
+2 chains x 10 x 3
DB Side Bends
60 x 12/side x 3
I made Teresa take these pictures of me:
Consider this post a BLOG RECOMMITMENT. Prepare for the onslaught of slow, methodical progressive overload AND HARD FUCKING WORK.
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