Bench press

235 x 3

265 x 3

300 x 3

* My strength is at a low point but the 300 set was the easiest-feeling, at least. Another instance of warm-ups feeling heavy and the top set being breezy. What seemed to have happened is I lowered the poundages by switching to the Swiss bar and didn't retain what I could do with the straight bar due to losing so much weight. What I was using with the Swiss bar became the new norm. This has happened before when I've used previously successful methods while growing that ended up not panning out on a calorie deficit (50-rep goblet squats come to mind). Reinforces the notion that heavy weight is king in the absence of calories. 

Dumbbell press

115s x 7, 8, 6