Alternating stack days

Following on from my last post, I decided that this week I was going to alternate my stack and playing sessions, as I felt like even though I scored well I wasn't doing my body any favours in the long run. It also helps to keep my grit score at 100% as I hadn't planned to play today.

Today's stack session was the seventh session in the foundation program and included 4 sets, the first of which was 8x 205g which I averaged 87 at and was consistent in the set. Next up it was 8x 120g which was a bit more up and down in terms of consistency but did result in a PB of 108 early in the set. Set 3 was 8x 65g which I've got to say felt extremely lightweight after the first two sets. Anyway, this was the first time at this weight so was happy to see me get into the 100's and have an average of 103 and a max of 105.

Final set was a 4x 195g at max intent, as it has been the last few sessions and I was hovering in and around 90 throughout.

Overall this means no speed gain from this session but seeing as I was a little sore all down my left side it still felt like I was moving the needle forward.

Let's go!

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