Today I went down to Planet Fitness to work out with Muscle-Beach Matt, my periodic training partner. We get together about twice a month to "pump" and always push each other to new levels of pain and suffering. Today was no exception.
For me it was "lower body day", but Matt likes to do Shoulders and Triceps with Legs so I obliged. After a couple of sets of Standing Presses supersetted with Wide Grip Upright Rows, we hit the squats.
I warmed up with a set of 10 x 95, then 5 x 135. Matt decided to go ahead and do his first work set with the 135. I added a couple of 10's and 5's to get a nice round 165 and dug in.
The first 8 reps were hard but manageable. 9-14 were miserable, requiring 3-5 breaths between each rep. Around rep 15 I got a second wind, got into "the zone", and blasted out the final reps for my goal of 20.
After a brief rest I found enough "juice" for a backoff set of an extra-deep 135 x 12.
We rounded out the workout with:
Leg Curls - 70 x 12, 60 X 12
Stiff Leg Deadlifts - 135 X 10, 10
Standing Calf Raises - 3 X 15, 12, 10 (didn't notice the weight)
Seated Calf Raises - 135 x 15, 15
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