Chasing Mediocrity

BBSP
5x65
3x65
2x65

Deadlift
5x220
3x220
2x220

Left shoulder felt great, just gotta keep an eye on my technique. Deads still light. One thing I gotta keep working on is for some reason my right foot wants to roll onto it's outside edge a little when I deadlift. It's a brain thing, as soon as I realize I'm doing it I can fix it easily.
 
Deadlift
5x265
3x265
2x265

Ditching the side presses for a while, left shoulder is still bugging me. I'm gonna take a week and a half off from pressing and then start back up with reverse grip floor presses, should be easier on my shoulder.
 
Deadlift
5x280
3x280
2x280

Kept wanting to drift forward for some reason, like my posterior chain wasn't activating.
 
Deadlift
5x325
3x325
2x325

Felt heavy but good. My shoulder is getting less achy too. I'm taking next week off (gonna be on some tiny island in Alaska for work), and gonna reset my deadlit when I get back. Going to start pressing again too, I'm going to do reverse grip board presses as those should be easy on my shoulder. Planning on sticking with those for a couple cycles, and if my shoulder doesn't bug me at that point I'm going to switch back to side presses. We'll see what happens there. Think I'm gonna start the floor presses at 135 and go up 10 lbs a go and see where I get, guessing I'll stall around 235ish. I'm also getting more confident in the health of my back, so that's good.
 
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Reverse Grip Floor Press
5x135
3x135
2x135

Deadlift
5x175
3x175
2x175

The floor presses felt great on my shoulder. My grip had to be fairly wide to get my hands into a comfortable position though, my pinkies were almost on the outer rings. Maybe it's just a lack of wrist flexibility. It felt fine though, so I'm gonna roll with it for now.
 
RGFP
5x145
3x145
2x145

Deadlift
5x190
3x190
2x190

Was able to get my grip a bit narrower on floor presses today. Just gotta get used to em.
 
RGFP
3x185
4x165


Deadlift
5x250
3x250
2x250

Floor pressed like a little bitch. My shoulder has been bugging me quite a bit though, maybe that has something to do with it. Will reset to 135 and start over. I'm considering going and getting it checked out, but I haven't had any luck finding a decent sports doc in the past.

Also skipped a couple days this week cause I wound up out of town for work unexpectedly. Got back this morning.
 
RGP
5x135
3x135
2x135

Deadlift
5x265
3x265
2x265

No shoulder pain, but deadlifts felt heavy.
 
RGFP
5x155
3x155
2x155

Deadlift
5x295
3x295
2x295

I'm contemplating adding an upper body pull. I'm not entirely sure it's necessary with my deadlifting frequency, it just feels weird not to do one. I'm good about keeping tension everywhere during my lifts, so I do get quite a bit of upper back use/activation that way. If I do decided to add a pull I'd probably go with chin ups. I think rows would be too taxing on my back after deadlifts every day. I don't currently have a pull up bar though, might just add barbell curls for the time being.

Also my lower back popped during my last deadlift. Back felt off all day, goes pop and feels great now lol. I've had that happen before. I guess deadlifting with good form can have some chiropractic benefits.
 
Reverse Grip Floor Press
5x165
3x165
2x165

Deadlift
5x310
3x310
2x310

Barbell Curlz
5x45
3x45
2x45

Was tired, worked late, and am getting a cold but lifted anyway cause I felt like it. Felt good overall. Really had to work to keep form good on my last rep of the first two sets of deadlifts.
 
RGFP
5x145
3x145
2x145

Deadlift
3x325
2x325
1x325

Curlz
5x50
3x50
2x50

Shit workout.

Shoulder's been feeling good, so after my last reverse grip floor press I tried one regular grip one, and that did NOT feel good. I'm gonna give it another few cycles or reverse grips and if it doesn't improve by then it's doctor time.

Deadlifts were dragging ass, and I cut the reps back cause I was struggling bad with form. For some reason lately my nuts have been getting squashed between my legs when deadlifting, and rounding my back alleviates the squeeze so ignoring that impulse isn't easy lol. I'm gonna switch to sumo for a while. Probably good to change things up anyway a bit. And I'm gonna try to go beltless. I've been doing all my deadlifting with a belt up until this point. Gonna start at 175 and go up 10 a session.
 
RGFP
5x155
3x155
2x155

Curlz
5x55
3x55
2x55

Reverse Flyes
2x10x10

Added the Flyes to see if they'll help my shoulder. Just gonna do 2x10 after every workout for a few weeks.
 
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