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Week 14 - Day 40A

Warm-ups:

2 x 10 Shoulder dislocations

2 x 15 sec. Doorway pec stretch

1 x 10 Leg swings

1 x 20 sec. static Squat stretch

Squats:

2 x 5 x Bar

5 x 135

3 x 155

3 x 5 x 190

Bench:

2 x 5 x Bar

5 x 75

3 x 95

2 x 115

5/4/4 x 135

Rows:

3 x 135

2 x 135

5 x 5 x 150

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Week 14 - Day 39B

First week back after rest week.

Squat technique:  keep the bar centered on my back.

Press technique:  lift weight evenly (watch the bar up and down).  Lower weight evenly as well.

Deadlift:  pretty heavy, but form was pretty solid.

Reverse crunches were easier than before with even a smaller counter weight.  Pull-ups were still fairly difficult.

Warm-ups:

2 x 10 Shoulder dislocations

2 x 15 sec. Doorway pec stretch

2 x 10 Leg swings

2 x 20 sec. static Squat stretch

Squats:

2 x 5 x Bar

5 x 135

3 x 165

3 x 5 x 185

Press:

2 x 5 x Bar

3 x 65

5 x 5 x 85

Deadlift:

5 x 175

3 x 205

2 x 235

5 x 260

Accessory:

3.5/2.5/1.5 x BW Pull-ups

3 x 10 x 17.5 lbs Reverse crunches

Week 13 (Rest Week) - Day 37B

Pretty easy day again.  Tweaking my lower left back because I'm not focusing on the way down.  Noticed that looking straight ahead and not at my reflection helped a lot.  Press was pretty easy.  Felt like I was using my right arm more thought still.  Deadlifts were considerably easier than before.  Technique queue, lift chest up before pulling.

Warm-ups:

2 x 10 Shoulder dislocations

2 x 15 sec. Doorway pec stretch

2 x 10 Leg swings

2 x 20 sec. static Squat stretch

Squats:

2 x 5 x Bar

5 x 135

3 x 165

3 x 3 x 185

Press:

2 x 5 x Bar

3 x 65

3 x 3 x 82.5

Deadlift:

5 x 165

3 x 195

2 x 225

3 x 260