Weightroom

Week 2 of my 5/3/1 journey, the 3x3 week in the cycle.

On my AMRAP sets, I managed:

• 10 reps of 345 lbs on deadlift
• 10 reps of 300 lbs on squat
• 10 reps of 160 lbs on bench

I'm still getting decent bar speed and power, although not as good as last week. Next week's 1+ sets, I think I'll try to do additional sets at higher weight to 100%/105% or higher of the training max, to get a sense of whether I should jump up more than the 10 lbs/5lbs strongly recommended by Wendler.

Also felt good about 3x5x225 on front squat. I'm moving up pretty quickly on front squats since actually training them consistently for the first time in my life, even though they're a lower priority (always after I've done my back squat work).

As for setbacks, I've got some bicep pain flaring up, probably related to how I hold my kids, but interfering a bit with rows and pull ups. I'm gonna take it easy on any pulling motions with my arms for a week or two, see if this goes away.