front squat 5-5-5-5-5
Today I reunited with the front squat for the first time on a strength day since February. Back then I did triples and got to 200 lbs. Today was sets of five, so I treated this like uncharted territory, not knowing or expecting where I would go with this amount of reps. Sure I've had months of training, but every strength day is different, so I was happy to just get something on the bar and lift without expectations.
Warmup – 45×5 – 65×3 – 95×3 – 145×3
I felt pretty damn good once I got some decent weight on the bar, so I figured I would just go for it and hope for the best. I felt like it wasn't out of the realm of possibility to hit my 3-rep max PR on my first WOD with sets of 5. Here's how it went:
WOD (sets of 5) 145 – 165 – 175 – 185 – 200*
Fail on #5 at 200, but that was essentially the goal...reach your max set of 5, and getting four solid reps was good enough for me at 200 lbs. I think honestly once my shoulders get more comfortable in the rack position I'll be able to really get into front squats more. But I can't expect them to be as productive as back squats, so I feel pretty good about where I'm at.
Ready for tomorrow...
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