Training Sesh 4/4/14: First revised "A" sesh... the squats go up, I need to go down. Further.

Rolling along with the tradition of running late to deadline (self imposed... like this is under deadline... pssh), let's take a peak at what the skwat sesh was like on Friday. Pretty good sesh overall, really. Another one of those that seemed to take a long time despite not being a crazy volume session.

Too much talky and resty, not enough lifty.

Or was it... ?

Here's what occurred:

• Squat - 2x5xbar, 5x145lbs, 5x195lbs, 5x235lbs, 5x285lbs, 5x325lbs, 5x365lbs
• Squat stance good morning - 3x10x145lbs
• Standing cable crunch - 3x12x80lbs
• Band hip abductions - 3x15 w/ EliteFTS Intense Onyx band

Even managed to get you a video of the last set, complete with the tender, nurturing words of ol' David Allen.

But he's right.

That first one was painfully high, the rest only a hair high. One or two of them might have been at parallel, but not convincingly. Had to go to the video several times and pause them at the bottom to convince myself they weren't all total shit. And as Austin said, those shorts don't seem to help much.

Cue Jim with a low animal growl. Rooooooooooooowwwr.

But seriously, still need to work on getting the hips opened up and getting that last inch or two down. Looks like I may need to try to sit back a little more as well. Yeah, I'm wearing Oly shoes, but that forward knee travel could be problematic. Elbows flaring back a little on the ascent. Back looks pretty decent, could be a little more vertical, but doesn't appear to be rounding in the thoracic or lumbar. 

Without overthinking it and not being on a meet cycle, I'll take it for strength work. Definitely a rep PR set for me- previously squatted more weight, but not for those reps- and everything seems to be flowing in the right direction, despite the lower overall squatting volume in the current program. Depending on how the next deathlift sesh goes, I may start adding in some low weight, higher rep squat sets as accessory to work the hips some more.

I just need someone to convince me to start carb backloading again and start getting rid of some belly. Say what you will, shit works, b.

On to accessories, more of the good stuff. I do have to throw one thing in, though - I heart me some EliteFTS, but the Onyx Band series gets a little confusing to tell which band is which. They're all black. Sure, the difference between the Intense and the Ruthless are easy enough to tell, but I swear the Modest and the Intense are the same width, just different thicknesses. Those hip abductions and pull aparts get a bit rough with heavier bands, and you can pretty much forget external shoulder rotations.

Still, we do what we do when we do because we have to. 

And EliteFTS gear and the NBS facility and peeps make the do all the better.

Go forth and destroy.