Wednesday Noon

Another very easy day:

MGBP:
135 x3
155 x3
175 x3
195 x3
215 x3
235 x3
255 x3
275 3x3
285 2x3
The reason I did so many light sets is because I have recently realized that while I am reasonably tight when I bench, if I want to be pushing 500+ consistently then I need to be way tighter.  Otherwise the bar will never be under control and stay in the groove.  As a result, even with 135lb I was really tightening very hard, squeezing the bar as hard as I physically can, pulling the shoulders back/down under huge tensino, really bending the bar to strongly engage the lats, and building tension throughout the body so that my leg drive isn't a big jerk at the bottom like it has been in the past.  I know in 16 days before a contest you can't 'get stronger' but hopefully some rapid, focused techinque work can help me hit some bigger weights.

Deadlift - again, wanted to stretch the hips out and just do the lift as I haven't been able to for ages...  Thankfully it felt 100% perfect again today.  Absolutely zero anything felt in the back :)  Hitting some 'real' deadlifts on friday is the intent.
135 3x5
225 3x5
275 3x3

Squats - did em in perfectly flat shoes just to reset the old hips which are not used to the technique from squatting in a heel.  Might do a couple proper sessions in flat soles over the next two weeks because in recent training, every time I switched back to heeled from the flat I had the best session ever.  Go figure.
135 3x5