Goose's Olympic/Powerlifting log

[GooseHinson]

Tonight's class

Did some killer warmups (wood chopping stuff with a 25lbs plate on all planes). Did I mention I suck at cardio? I was winded after about 45 seconds of this stuff.

Then we moved onto box squats, with a warmup and 5x5 on a 16" box.

5x135

5x185
5x225
5x245
5x275
5x295

All the sets felt pretty easy, squatting on a box definitely feels like a vacation compared to the ATG squats I usually do.

Next, Romanian Deadlifts on an 8" platform (for greater ROM).

5x135

5x185
5x3x225
5x275

Again real easy, I just didn't want to keep adding/subtracting weight when my partner was using 225 for worksets.

Close Grip bench (pinky only on grips, hands roughly 8" apart).

5x135

5x185
5x4x205

Trying to work my arch into my bench, don't find it helping much yet. My legs are pretty much useless so far, hopefully that will change. Finished up with 15 mins of heavy "core" stuff, which included: oblique raises with a dumbell, kneeling cable crunches with a rope/pulley and side pulls with a pulley, all with heavy weights.

Next week we're getting bands out for the bench and squat, looking forward to it. Also, some real heavy stuff for 3x3 sets, should be fun.