June 5th. RP day A2.
I have been keeping the smith machine incline at the same weight, and have been continuously struggling with it, so Im either going to replace it with something new next week, or go down in weight and try to build up. I will probably ditch it and switch to the hammer machine inclines. I also am not always certain as to what incline I should have my benches at when doing incline presses. Too steep and I feel like my shoulders will be doing the bulk of the work, but too low and I feel like it takes away from the desired effects of the incline and I might as well be doing them flat. So I need to figure that out a little better, and the hammer machine takes the guess work out of it for me as the seats are set. The deadlifts felt good, I think that I can do more weight, but Im nervous to go too big too soon, I dont want to hurt my back, so Im taking it slow and easy and progressing slowly. I am also not doing rest pause on the deadlifts, again simply in an effort to not strain or injure my low back. When I am more comfortable with the exercise, I may go heavier or add the rest pause, but for now, they feel good and Im happy with the progress. Heres how it went.
Smith Incline Bench Press: 225H, 5 reps.
Hammer Machine Shoulder Press: 140E, 14 reps.
Deadlifts: 155, 10 reps.
Lat Pulldowns: 150E, 17 reps.
Skullcrushers: 80, 15 reps.
