Benched a few singles today, I was going to open at 225 for the meet but I think I'll go to 235. 225 was super easy even with a decent pause at the bottom, 235 went up slower but it wasn't hard. Also for those of you with trouble locking out their bench, I recommend paused half-reps. Did 155x5 of those with a 3-second pause and it was pretty tough.
I'm gonna try to open 445 deadlift, probably 345-355 squat.
*Deadlift singles earlier this morning. 425 was startlingly hard, but I probably just did something wrong when breaking it off the floor because 445 was easy enough. Squat singles tomorrow, hopefully I can open 355 or higher considering I did 330x6 on Thursday.
**Switched to low bar and put up 385 with a belt, so that's what I'm gonna open with. Everything below that felt super easy, and I didn't lose much speed on 385.
FINALLY HAVE SOME NEW MEET GOALS
BENCH: 265
SQUAT: 425, realistically if 385 is 90% of my max, and I think it might be even less than that
DEADLIFT: 485, not feeling good about it but we'll see
TOTAL: 1175, but I will go for 1200 even if I'm not so confident in my deadlift. My bench and squat are on point right now so I have no doubt I can set up a good total with them.
I'm gonna try to open 445 deadlift, probably 345-355 squat.
*Deadlift singles earlier this morning. 425 was startlingly hard, but I probably just did something wrong when breaking it off the floor because 445 was easy enough. Squat singles tomorrow, hopefully I can open 355 or higher considering I did 330x6 on Thursday.
**Switched to low bar and put up 385 with a belt, so that's what I'm gonna open with. Everything below that felt super easy, and I didn't lose much speed on 385.
FINALLY HAVE SOME NEW MEET GOALS
BENCH: 265
SQUAT: 425, realistically if 385 is 90% of my max, and I think it might be even less than that
DEADLIFT: 485, not feeling good about it but we'll see
TOTAL: 1175, but I will go for 1200 even if I'm not so confident in my deadlift. My bench and squat are on point right now so I have no doubt I can set up a good total with them.

