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skunk, thanks, so glad I took the day off yesterday, felt strong today and kicked it out :

Rippetoe B :
Hack Squat 75 (x2+bar)
Pendlay Row 32.5 (x2+bar)
Dumbell Bench 55

(I can't do the military presses I should be doing third here so I'm still experimenting with what to fill in, tried dumbell benches today)

One question I have : on the squat & the bench today, the first two sets I did a clean 5 reps, then the third set I crapped out around 3 reps. Should I go ahead and bump up the weight next time, or do the same weight again until I can get a full clean 3x5 ?

As another experiment I tried doing a warmup set of hack squats with a mixed grip (one hand forward one hand backward) and it was way easier - if I do normal grip I really struggle to hold it. Dunno how I feel about that. Hacks are so f**king hard to do right because the grip is hard, keeping your shoulders back is really hard, and if you don't use perfect form you ram the bar into the back of your leg on the way up and get stuck there.