Monday 20th May 2019

Week 5, Day 1
Warmups
Bench: warmups, 160x7x4
Warmups
Squats: warmups, 165x5x5
Chins: bwx6, +2.5x6, +3.75x6, +5x6
Closegrip: warmups, 145x6, 150x6, 155x6 called it

Notes
Sore lower back, roller and McGill Big  three seemed to settle it down long enough to train.  Felt pretty good afterwards but descended into pain again afterwards.  Will work on more stretching and supportive measures.  Bench was good.  Last cycle by this point, I was using 5kg lighter weights, and didn't pause each rep.  Now its paused every rep, sometimes a little longer, and doing it largely on a single breath.  Final set I breathed on rep 5, but continued to rep without setting back up, it was easy enough.  Happy with this, especially since I was still aching a little from Saturday. 

I cut one set off the closegrip.  All that last set would have done for me, is cause my triceps to fail.  Also contemplating moving one of the closegrip days to a board press day.  Will hunt down some decent sized boards to train with. 

The next three weeks will be hard.  I reach a peak across the three loading schemes, 7's, 5's and 4's, before transitioning into peaking.