Strength Day - Making Progress Towards Goals

Great day today. I came in rested and nailed my strength goals for the press, deadlift and squat. Since I am now shifting focus to strength goals I did the max lift a little earlier in the set scheme sometimes on the fourth set and, for the squat, on the third. In a perfect world I would have done squats first but the power rack was occupied so I ended up doing it last and not doing as many reps as I would have liked. I still achieved my weight goal.

I think that an improvement will be hitting these same weights in my natural progression so that the heaviest is on the fifth set.

Warm Up:

• 50 Jumping Jacks (http://youtu.be/dmYwZH_BNd0)
• 40 Body Weight Squats (http://youtu.be/QKKZ9AGYTi4)
• 30 Sit Ups
• 20 Judo Push Ups
• 10 Burpees (http://youtu.be/O7_TBHno0Os)

Strength Exercises

• Barbell Squats (http://youtu.be/b_uAOqA-pxY)
• Barbell Deadlift (http://youtu.be/nFw69zIssgQ)
• Barbell Shoulder Press (http://youtu.be/8gVEdhS5AEs)
• Bench Press (http://youtu.be/gRVjAtPip0Y)

Notes / Results:

• Time: 55 minutes
• Weight: 198

• Press
• Previous High: 3@100 or 1@105
• Sets: 12@80*, 10@85*, 8@90, 3@100, 5@95*
• Deadlift
• Previous High: 3@285
• Sets: 12@215*, 10@245, 8@250, 3@295, 5@275*
• Squats
• Previous High:3@170
• 12@120, 10@140, 3@170, 3@165, 6@155