Training 24/10/17

Tue 24/10: Squat, etc

Food yesterday: Target 2654 kcal, actual 2024 kcal!!

Activity yesterday: 9.7k steps

Sleep last night: 7 hrs 27 mins – 47 mins awake

AM BW: 73.5kg (-0.5kg from yesterday)

Squat:
2×5 @ 20kg
1×5 @ 45kg
1×5 @ 70kg
— Belt on —
1×3 @ 90kg
3×8 @ 107.5kg (new PR, +2.5kg)

Romanian Deadlifts:
1×10 @ 80kg
3×10 @ 85kg

Shrugs:
1×15 @ 85kg (PR)
1×10 @ 85kg grip fail
1×15 @ 85kg with straps
1×5, 1×10 @ 85kg blah

Supersetted with

Standing Calf Raises:
4×25 @ 50lbs / side (rest / pause)

Video:

So I got my weight moving in the right direction, by drastically undereating (averaging 2166 calories for the last 2 days). Will have to get the average up a bit over the next few days. Also, my triceps are still suffering DOMs from Sunday’s effort.

Session notes:
– High volume squatting is about my least favourite thing. Had some self doubt before I started, which got even worse after the second set (which was absolutely horrible) but pushed through for a new PR, though it was looking a bit shallow by the end. Super rooted but happy to get it done especially since I’ve dropped a couple of kgs pretty quickly and I’m feeling depleted.
– Had no idea what to do with RDLs. First set was a bit light, so added some weight, was probably still conservative but after those squats I wasn’t gonna push it.
– Just some bro stuff for traps and calves to finish. Epically awesome. Grip was starting to fail badly though, had to break out the straps for the last couple of sets, and rest-pause the calf raises. ROM probably wasn’t so great for the last sets of these either.
– 1 hr 19 mins, all up. Probably took longer than I should with the accessory work at the end – man, I’m gonna feel it in the morning though. Peace, y’all!