some good, some bad today. i tried out doing my upper body sets before squats today, and if anything, my performance was worse (probably not relevant to the placement in the workout) in everything except ab work. too bad that's no consolation.
anyway, bench was pretty bad-i never felt all that strong, and i hit failure on my first work set, and not only couldn't rerack the weight, some older guy had to rush in and help me out. needless to say, i felt like an idiot for failing on work set 1 and failing at 165 lbs. so dammit. after i rested up, i did a back off set (he spotted me; i was still feeling quite embarrassed) and called it there. i will reset to...135 lbs...and unless i'm feeling great i will get someone to spot me immediately.
the second not so great was my squat; the weights went up alright, but i was constantly distracted as my right hip started hurting. i had this issue last year in my left hip, which after a butt-ton of reading i believe was caused by a lack of mobility in my hip and my ankle (not being able to move the knee forward placed much more stress on my hip) and possibly strength as well. unfortunately, i happen to have mobility and flexibility now that, by comparison, is downright splendid, so i'm left wondering if i need to strengthen my hip flexors.
after logging this i'm heading to the library in my comp to google away. hopefully i'll find something helpful.
Monday:
-atg squat
135x5 (noticed hip immediately. no clue why it's the right one now)
185x3
225x1
255x1
275x5
265x5x2
-bench
95x5
115x5
135x1
155x1
165x4+F
-pull up
bwx5
15x5
25x1
30x5x3
cool down
-face pull
72x12x3
-knee raises
45x8x3
-bb roll outs
30x9x2
