Thursday Heavy Day Strength

Goddamn my sore leg meat... those Tabata squats done got me yesterday I guess -- by time I was headin' to gym, me quads were so sawr I could barely shuffle over... but stretched and worked through, like the precious little champ that I am.

1. Squats: 4 x 3 x 225 -- I wish I could be more chuffy on this, but the second two sets were not fantastic... could have gone slightly lower and form could have been slightly better (was driving up to the front of my foot some). But, all in all, pretty good.

2. Deadlift: 5 x 1 x 275 -- Wanted to do 2 x 3 but was a little sweaty and just did not have the grip to be going down and up with this weight for reps.

3. Barbell Row: 4 x 3 x 155 -- surprisingly decent.

4. Benchin'

• Bench Press: 115 x 10, 150 x 5, 135 x 7
• Incline DB Press: 40 x 10, 50 x 8, 50 x 8

5. Head-level cable rows w/ rope: 90 x 11, 100 x 12, 110 x 8, 120 x 5 --something like that... kind of stopped paying attention b/c I thought these were garbage. They look good, like really good, for your rear delts but they are easy and you can't really feel the strain anywhere good. Dude I originally saw doing 'em said they were good for forearms too but I ain't buyin' it.

6. Tricep press downs: 130 x 12, 140 x 6, 140 x 6, 150 x 5

Did some post-workout stretching and some quick random stuff with light 20 or 25lb DBs just to leave loose...

Felt excellent after workout. Which is not good necessarily -- maybe should have done tough finisher but was pressed for time. Also got into talking to another regular... he was doing awesome barbell lunges in place by the rack -- looked much better than walking lunges with DBs in terms of leaving the arms and upper body out of it and making sure it's the legs -- and CORE -- that are doing the work -- must try.

Weigh in: 177