Yukon squats

425 x 5, 5, 5

Bench press

290 x 4, 5, 4, 4

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Super-set with dumbbell rows

115s x 8, 8, 8, 8

* Switched the rep numbers for the first two bench sets from last week (chickened out on the first set and gutted through to get the 5 on the second), interesting how that worked out. And added an additional rep on the last set. Rest times were 3 minutes while last week I let myself rest longer.

Close grip bench

225 x 9

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Db rows x 115 x 8

Iron Woody band press downs x 16

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 Keg curls

170 x 10

Really pushed the pace today. Funnily enough was listening to an ancient iron radio episode ( they've sadly stopped updating recently so I'm going back to episodes I was listening to 10 years ago for old-time sake) and they were talking about letting yourself get everything done, time be damned. I'm at a phase in my training career where I'm really benefiting from time pressuring myself. It feels so great to get under the bar to bench, feeling tired on the first rep, and still crank out multiples.

My current approach to benching is keep upping the sets and reps until I can get five across the board with 290. 

Been 5 days with the assembled reverse hyper now and my back is feeling better. I state that with apprehension because anytime I try something new I logged that only for it to be a temporary form of pain relief, but I think this is doing good. Still some back pain when I wake up which tells me my mattress is a culprit here. But I'm looking forward to seeing how much I can push deadlifts this week.

Been using the reverse hyper throughout the day, just busting out reps of 10 to 20 as I step outside or come into the house.