Week 3 - Squat 531

April 1, 2011

Foam roll. I've actually done this my last 2 squat and pull days as well.

Squat
45 x 5
135 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 5
310 x 3
350 x 6 (420)

175 x 10, 10, 10, 10, 10

Vulcan Parallel Set, Black Spring
Lvl 3 x 5/5
Lvl 6 x 5/5
R Lvl 9 x 11+n, 6 x 5+n
L Lvl 9 x 9+n, 6 x 5+n

L Blob Pulls
45EW x 5/5

Hula
2x25's x 11, 9, 8

All grip work was done between squat sets. The grip work ended up tightening up my wrists quite a bit so it kept becoming more and more difficult to grasp the bar properly for squatting. I ended up waking up in the middle of the night with both rotator cuffs bothering me and my upper back. I think this was all due to losing the flexibility in my wrists/hands which just forced my shoulders and upper back to compensate more. I think I just need to work on more flexibility in general.