8/31/20 Monday August 31, 2020 (Texas method volume - BB Squat, Bench, DL)

6:45am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, Original Strength resets  - 45 minutes

7:30am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar + Crooked Arm bar 20kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

24kg TGU x 1/1
48kg DL x 5
24kg 2H SW x 10 (hike swing park)

7:45am- Training session -  TM volume - BB Squat, Bench, DL

BB Squat:
45 bar x 5
135 x 5

225 x 3
275 x 2
315 x 1

345 x 1
365 x 1

work sets
385 x 5 x 5 sets (~90% of planned Intensity day of 430)

BB Bench:
45 bar x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3

225 x 2

work sets
245 x 5 x 4 sets (90-95% of planned Intensity day of 270)

245 x 4 x 1 set (had to rack it as I knew I was not getting the last rep)

245 x 1

BB DL (all hooked, belt at 315):

warm up
45 bar x 5
135 x 5 x 2 sets
225 x 3
315 x 1

work sets

330 x 5 x 2 sets (~80% of planned intensity day of 410)

rolling
hanging from the bar

Indian clubs 2 minutes

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

9:15am - Complete

Notes - This was a very good training session.  Getting deeper on the squats.  My technique is improving, I can see it clearly on video.  Sitting back better, using the hamstrings and glutes better.  Still need to go deeper, but the improvements are there.  This was a good bench session, I think I picked the right weight to start 5 x 5 if I had a better sense of how fatiguing 5 x 5 on heavy squat would be.  It does take it out of you.  So I didn't quite get the 5 x 5, but I will go up 2.5 lbs next volume session.  This was good work all around. For DLs, I had to deal with work phone calls so they were really spaced out which was annoying, I wanted to just get them done right away after benching.  After listening and watch to some video from SS over the weekend, I elected to change the timing of taking a breath in again, moving it to after touching the bar to shins, after pushing knees out, then breath, then set back, and pull.  That seemed to work better today.  I will keep working on it.  Taking the breath while bent over the bar is just not working for, I can't get enough air.