No caffeine

- Squat: 125/275 x 5, 135/297 x 5, 145/320 x 5
- RDL: 60/132 x 3 x 10
- Weighted Pull Up: 30/66 x 6,6 (PR)
- T-Bar Row: 3 plates x 3 x 10
- Conditioning: Prowler - 12 x 20m trips with 163lb in 10:00 (alternating high/low handles)

Another session after a long day at work. Lately I have been drinking a low-carb Monster when I squat or pull, but I feel that it is becoming a bit of a crutch, so today I abstained from caffeine. While I didn’t have quite as much energy as I would have with the aid of caffeine, I did pretty well and managed to maintain a fair degree of intensity.

Squats are becoming fairly challenging, well the top set at least. I would like to try and keep pushing it before switching to 5/3/1, however I have done what I set out to do and that was get my 5 rep sets back up over 300lbs, without the aid of wraps, and get my estimated 1RM up to double body weight. Based on today’s top set, my estimated max is exactly that: 360lbs and at a bodyweight of 180lbs. So I figure this is a pretty good place to start 5/3/1. That said, I might try some ascending sets of 3 over the next two weeks while I wait to finish my current Big Bench cycle before starting 5/3/1 and see if I can’t maybe have a crack at actually squatting double BW.

Fucking stoked that I was able to get some Prowler in. It was raining this morning when I left for work and didn’t think I’d be able to, but the rain stopped early and the driveway dried up in time for me to push it. It was a lot harder on account of the moisture factor though. I have to agree with Wendler when he says that there really is no substitute for the Prowler – it simply is the best conditioning you can do.