Box Squats(2-3″ below parallel): 5×2@275/125, 5×2@315/143
Good Mornings: 5@225/102, 5@255/116, 5@265/120
DB Shrugs: 3×20@87/40
Bent Over Rows: 3×8@176/80
Box squats were damn deep today, for the first few sets I had to relax near the bottom just to get to the box. I kept the weight relatively light today as kind of a “deload” however with the deep box they really hit my glutes. I dropped the box another inch for the very last set and it was super hard to get down to it but I popped off both reps pretty easy. I’m going to do all my box squats off this deep of a box for a while since deep box squats are supposed to help your deadlift.
I dropped the weight a bit on good mornings because my backside was already fried from doing the squats but I still think I pushed them about as far as I could have gotten today so I’m happy with them. The shrugs were fun, 20 reps caused alot of burning in the traps and that was after the first set. The last set was quite the grind fest after the 15 rep. The weight was down on bent over rows because my lower back and glutes were so sore I couldn’t really support much more weight than 80kg.
Awesome box squatting! When your hitting it that low it makes it much harder to overcome inertia. Did you where any gear for these.
Nope not even a belt. I try to leave the belt off until I’m over 400 or so.