Easily benched 345x3, which is a lifetime PR. Glad to get that after a poor training week. Afterwards did some banded decline pressing super-set with T-bar rows up to 6 plates and a whole cornocupia of impulsive isolation exercises.

Been exploring some Middle-Eastern black metal and ended up listening to this same album on repeat over 2 hours of lifting. So kickass and heavy.

Barely strict presses 227.5. Tried 4 times, completely failed two of those. Then it dawned on me that my triceps are still hurting from those skullcrushers. Makes sense, this somehow felt different from when I usually fall short of my press. Sticking point was at a weird spot and the decline is way too drastic to be anything else.

 Well shit, I'm experiencing my first bad sessions in months now that I'm further into my diet. To be expected I guess. Felt extremely bad on squats last night, just felt like my form was not clicking and I was coming into each set half-asleep and getting awoken by the weight. Got up to 440 and my left knee hurt coming up from the first rep. Thought it over a second and then called it a night there. Live to fight another day.

Gonna make an admission and note that I was extremely distracted perusing job opportunities and personal training outreach to make some side income the whole time. Just been on a really productive tear the last few weeks but I need to focus.

Another thing, I weighed 216 this morning, which would be crazy because it's the heaviest I've been this year despite reducing my calories. However, my scale needs new batteries and it's giving me an error message after stepping on it, so I'll take care of that and reevaluate.