Final Week of Power Upper

Bench Press
3x185#
5x205# (PR)
5x185#

Bent Over Barbell Rows
3x5x225#

Press
5x95#
3x135#
5x150# (F, 3)
3x152.5# (3 rep PR)
10x115#

Barbell Power Shrugs (with straps)
5x315#
3x5x365#

Axle Curls
3x105# for 10, 8, 7 reps

~2 hours of walking
COMMENTS

• General: Really good day today. I bought wrist straps today and used them for the first time. At this moment I must say my traps have never been sorer. Probably because I jumped 90# from last weeks shrugs. They seem like a useful tool for strength training so I will continue to use them for certain movements. I did pop a blood vessel in my right wrist because of them though. Nice to PR on bench and press this week once again. I've never microloaded a lift before but I can imagine my press may need that from here on out. I've always had problems going up 5# a week on press.
• Nutrition: Clean minus some dark chocolate
• Body: Traps are sore as hell from today. I felt a little tight in my upper body but not too sore today.
• Sleep: 7.5 hours. Wide awake at 7am this morning. Don't know why
• Reflections: I can honestly say I'm very pleased with how the upper power days went during my 4 week trial run. Originally I thought benching and pressing on the same day would make PRing impossible and also thought it may be too much volume but I think I did really well for 4 weeks. Tomorrow I'm going to murk my lower body in lower power. I won't be resting all week because I'm going to Maine on Saturday and won't have access to weights for over a week. My next scheduled rest day will be either next Saturday or Sunday.