De-Load Strict Press

Today was my prescribed weights were laughable. My final set was at my usual second warm up set. No big deal, my shoulders are feeling a bit on the pre-tendinitis-side anyways. Nothing a little proactive icing wont cure. 

Strict Press:

1x5 @ 75#

1x5 @ 95#

1x5 @ 115#

Assistance Work

Barbell Rows

1x10 @ 159#

1x10 @ 169#

1x10 @ 179#

Good Mornings

3x10 @ 105#

I worked out at my house today. Vulcan Fitness, although small, has a pretty sweet set up there. Like I said the shoulder press was less then a warm up but I am fine with that. The assistance work was cool because I am very novice with the barbell rows only ever having performing them when I was in my bodybuilding phase in college. I am sure my goal then was to impress the other gym patrons with the weight I was using rather then to impress myself with good form, technique and results. The good mornings are another lift I have only performed a handful of times in my life. This exercise is slightly sketchy to me and I am not sure exactly how I feel about it. I am rather flexible and have good coordination. However, I was having some difficulty finding, what I felt, to be the optimal ROM. I tried a few with increasing and decreasing knee bend. I found that when my torso got parallel with the floor or lower I hand to bend my knees more to keep my lumbar curve activated. Nonetheless, I performed what I felt was a good three sets and I am feeling it my hamstrings this morning. I am not quite ready to mail it in on this exercise just yet.