Sunday Squats

Today was squat's and I was hoping for a big session given how well last weeks session went.  In terms of preparation I had a great week, plenty of good food, rest (3 yr old not withstanding!) and a good deadlift session first up. In the scheme of things I was pretty confident.

Straight up the first set felt like I had a Mack truck on my back. After plenty of rest the game face is on and I manage to get the required 5's on the last two sets. I love how this game brings you back to earth. Last week I am feeling like Ed Coan this week I'm more like the Cohen brothers. 

After reviewing the video the squats actually looked pretty good though as it go hard on the last few reps I tended to fall forward a fraction on the final rep. I need to consider my programming given I had a very heavy deadlift session two days before I was probably a little under recovered.  I should have followed my gut and slipped an additional day of rest in before squatting, lesson learned.

I finished off with pause squats, chins and rear delts and have spent the rest of the day feeding like a zombie.

The priority this week is to ramp up recovery ready for deadlifts next week. Not too many tweaks to make to the routine. Though I will likely repeat the squat and deadlift weights for this week. I want to ensure I am 'owning' the weight before incrementing. 

Stay Strong

Thomo