24-29/10/20 / by Muhammad Amir Ayub

After months of COVID, I finally had an opportunity to have a 4 session training week. I decided to “push” things by testing out new training maxes for my squat and military press, which have not been tested since this period of deconditioning. I omitted accessory work when testing my max for the squat so that I could tolerate testing my max military press which would finish off 3 straight days of lifting; that was how I could fit 4 training days in a week in between work and family commitments. But I was feeling good since I was on leave for much of the week, allowing me to rest and wean myself off a bit from my caffeine dependence.

DL
Deadlift - Up to 135 kg x 7
Plank with alternating elbow touches, 10 kg plate on back - 3 x 20

BP
Bench press - 3 x 5 x 67.5 kg. Basically previous deloading weights
TRX inverted row - 5 x 10
Standing DB press - 5 x 7 x 16 kg

SQ
Squat - Tried up to 125 kg x 1. Did not want to be greedy

MP
Military Press - Up to 67.5 kg x 1. Struggled with it and almost failed
Pullups - 2 x 6, 1 x 5, 1 x 4

My hope is to go back to training with these new numbers and restart accessory work.

My first 4 day training week since COVID. Decided to retest my maxes for the squat and MP (which I forgot to record). My full training log is at: https://www...