7/22 – Day 14
Today was possibly the worst day I’ve ever had in the gym. I’m fine with failing lifts, but today I felt like I had nothing in the tank, and the whole workout turned out miserable.
It started on squats. I loaded up the proper weight this time (with the right bar), and didn’t even make three full sets. On the fifth set I deloaded a bit so I could at least work on form. Bench managed to go okay. I fought through all five sets to advance next time. The next bench workout should be flat out torture.
By this time I was already completely exhausted. And my back has been begging to change from barbell rows, so I did something like T-Bar rows. I think I’ll do a regular seated row in future workouts. Then I did a set of wide grip pullups and dips to failure and called it a day.
The worst part is on the drive home, my back started hurting. Feels like I strained a muscle near my right shoulder blades, and it makes even lying down a bit uncomfortable. So I might have to take an extra day or so off to heal. Like I said. Just a terrible day in the gym.
Squat – 5,5,4,3 @ 235 7 @ 185
Bench – 5×5 @ 195
