Friday, May 31, 2013

Hurt

Due to Memorial Day, I combined Monday's and Wednesday's workouts on Tuesday.  I pushed myself too hard (read: got the lifts at all costs with no regard for form) on squat, failed miserably on Press (I am deloading and sticking with micro-loading) and as a result have been in quite a bit of pain for the last few days.  I will be skipping going to the gym tomorrow (Friday) and doing an easy watered-down combination of Friday's and Saturday's on Saturday (well, the "friday" portion will be lighter and watered-down... I won't be skimping on the Bench at all).  I may switch to two or three sets of 8-12 on Squats, and probably sets of 8-12 on DL too.  Just to give my body a break for a while.  I pushed it hard the last few months, trying to get back to pre-hiatus strength levels.  I am not there, yet, but a deload might be good for me, anyway.

At first, during warm-ups for the squat, the weight felt super light.  I thought the day was going to be a breeze.  Then, during the work sets, I just felt awful... but I pushed through it--for which I have been paying the price ever since.

After one failed set at working weight for the press, I lost all my gas.  I was exhausted.  I did a back-off set and some chins and got the heck out of the gym.  Ugh.  Terrible day.

Hip Mobility work w/light stretching
Squat OWU 1x310
Squat 3x5@290
Press OWU 1x172.5
Press 162.5x4; 155x5
Chins BWx10; +25x5

I really need to work on my hip mobility, hamstring flexibility, and keeping good, tight form on all my lifts.  I really don't need an excuse to be out of the gym again--especially not a painful one.

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