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Texas Method day 30 July 11, 2016

Took 3 weeks off for work, travel and bicep pain

switching to strict overhead press with the regular grip as opposed to the false grip, push press, same with bench press, regular grip instead of false grip

today i tried the olympic style press

overhead press 5×5 target 150

150×5

150×5-left bicep pain

150×5-better

150×5-traps feeling a burn

150×5-need to refine this new technique

squat 5×5 target 345

345×5-tough after no lifting for last 3 weeks

345×5-better

345×5-best so far

345×5-toughest set yet

345×5-tough but not as bad as i thought

deadlifts 1×5-target 380

135×5

135×5

225×5

275×2

315×2

365×1

380×5-felt real tough

incline curls-3×10 35 pound dumbells

35×10

35×10

35×10

Texas Method Day 28 Wednesday June 15, 2016

Squats 2×5 target 305

305×5-low back still sore, especially in the hole

305×5-felt a little better

deadlift

135×10

225×5

225×5

275×2

315×2

345×1-felt good

365×1-felt good

380×5-hard

Bench 3×5 target 242.5

*left bicep pain when lowering the bar

242.5×5-used regular grip-made bicep pain go away

242.5×5

242.5×5-regular grip feels good-a little weird but good

Weighted pullups 3×5 +25

+25×5-dip belt missing, had to improvise

+25×5

+25×5-felt good

Maybe switch to 5×5 from now on??

Texas Method Day 26, Saturday June 12, 2016

Squats 1×5 target 375

95×10

135×5

135×2

185×5

185×2

225×2

275×2

315×2

335×1

345×1

360×1

375×5-real good depth, hard but good

Bench 1×5 target 257.5

95×10

105×10

145×2

165×2

185×2

205×2

225×1

240×1

250×1

257.5×5-felt good

Muscle snatch 6×2 target 182.5

182.5×2-form rough

182.5×2-better

182.5×2-iffy, second rep better

182.5×2-better

182.5×2-first rep best yet

182.5×2-pretty good