Axle push press

170 x 3

190 x 3

215 x 4

* In light of my recent string of poor performances I'm eating sooner after finishing breakfast. A stronger showing here than last week and to be honest I was still a little hungry going in so I'm going to cut the time down even more.

Axle press

145 x 3 x 8

Dumbbell press against bands, keg curls

All presses super-set with chin-ups

Felt under the weather yesterday. Mat pulled 570 for 3 reps off 7 mats, then deadlifted 405x13. In the evening I box squatted 275x2x8, did some split-squats, a 1:06 plank, and an uphill backwards run. 

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