Wednesday: Strength (blech)

1. Squats 5 x 5 x 195
Grade: A

2. Deadlift 1 x 5 x 225
Grade: A (was tough dropping bar n bringing back up on final rep but killed it with a grunt and held it a while in triumff)

3. Barbell Row 5 x 5 x 135
Grade: C (finished the assignment but put my whole body into a few pulls -- kind of like the right muscles plagiarizing off of the wrong muscles)

4. Overhead Press 5 x 5 x 95
Grade: F (FAILED on 5th rep of 3rd set. So then started taking off and did 5 x 85 - tough - and then finished 8 x 65. Whole thing with warming up was 5 x 65, 5 x 85, 5 x 95, 5 x 95, 4 x 95, 5 x 85, 8 x 65 -- would have been a decent "building" workout for shoulders if I had pushed 6-8 reps instead of 5 and then went up to 110 or so for 1-2 reps. That's a senseless tangent tho.)

5. Turkish Get Ups 2 x 3 x 20
Grade: D- (Completed 'em but my left side is a MESS with these damn things. I tried 35lb as test, on my weak side -left- and it was just not happening. So dropped down significantly b/c I was gimping with 35, but now I think it was just my left side. I can do 'em okay on my right. It's the movement or motion or something -- just feels unnatural, my body goes all over... knees were hurting on that nasty weight room floor since couldn't keep my gimp ass on a mat when doing left side. I need to practice these at home.)

Workout served one purpose only -- to keep me on schedule for Squats, and I guess Deadlifts. Otherwise I didn't like it - felt great at start, got good sweat, but once I got on the OHP was losing the vibe.

Weighed in just shy of 179.5.