re: Pen and Paper Strength App

Very busy weekend so playing catch up on my recaps.

Benchamin Franklin 2 - Day 10

This one was a doozy. It wasn't lifts that brought the intensity, but rather the early time and fast rests. In order to get this one in as planned, I got to the gym at 3:30AM (left my house walking at 3:15). Needed to be back home for 5:30AM to leave for a volleyball tournament at 6:15.

Glad I had the gym to myself. That deadlift portion of the last 82% SS brought some interesting sounds/words. I went no straps since it was only 3 reps/set. I got it done, but it was intense on the last 3 sets. The Pendlay rows were fun. For some reason, I just like the explosiveness of that variation. I do think I went a little heavy on the last set because form broke down a bit.


Benchamin Franklin 2 - Day 11

Another fairly early day where I had to change up my routine a little. I compromised on my gym time to appease the wife. Woke up later than normal since we were driving to San Antonio for gymnastics and planning to drive back home same day (made it home just before midnight). I drove and just warmed up with a 10min full incline walk on the treadmill.

There was nothing special with bench; just 4 sets of 6 at decent weight. The seated Arnold press is another one that I'm really loving. I like it much more than a traditional seated OH DB press. I really feel like the rehab I've been doing for my tennis elbow is paying off. I've stopped wearing the counterforce brace unless I feel some discomfort coming on. The BB curls (which were one of the most painful movements) were great. No pain and good form with no swinging motion. The behind-the-butt wrist curls still suck. Then create so much of a pump in my forearm it's almost impossible to make a fist.

Benchamin Franklin 2 - Day 12

Didn't get home until midnight and it was close to 1AM before I actually got to sleep. Probably should've taken the morning off, but I like to keep a schedule as much as possible. So far every 3rd day has a lot of volume, but not necessarily heavy weights. Made it very manageable this morning on low sleep. As the bench weight increased during the 12 sets, I also increased the weight on the rev grip bent rows. That was a LONG SS. Even with keeping the rests as close to 90s as possible, the 12 set SS still took 40min. The rear lat/BB OHP SS was solid. The first 3 sets of Tate Press were very manageable so I bumped up the weight on the last set. Turns out I wasn't quite ready for that one and form suffered a bit towards the end. It was the same story with the tri kickbacks. My form suffered with my planned weight, so I went down 1 step and it was too easy. Need to find that happy medium.