Friday, January 14, 2011 - Squat

Tonight was suppposed to be the mellow and easy "5" night. I have to say, it has been a long time since I was that sore in the gym. It must have been due to the heavy squats on the 8th and the sumo deadlifts on Wednesday. That was a whole new style of deadlifting to me and it has really left me sore. It is a good sore of course but I was really blasted doing the squats tonight. I suppose that is a good thing.

I also played around with my form a bit. I usually use a very neutral to low head position fixing my site on a point about 10' in front of me. Sort of the "Rip" style of squatting. After seeing a LOT of raw lifters lift looking up while they lift I thought I would try that. I could really tell that I was lifting a lot more on my heels and was able to keep an upright position but I felt a bit off balance. I will keep messing with this as I think it could help improve my form in the long run. Head up. Back tight. Chest up. Elbows down.

Squats
135x10, 135x5, 185x5, 225x5, 245x5, 285x5, 315x5, 365x5

Deadhang Pullups
8, 4, 5, 5, 7 (rested on that last set)

Straigh Bar Curls
65x10, 65x10, 65x7, 70x5, 70x5

Preacher Curl Machine Thing
50x10, 50x10, 50x10

Walked on Treadmill for 20 min. at 2.5 mph.