Week 1: Chest Day 3

Four early mornings in a row, yet this time it wasn't as early (8:15). Still, I'm going to keep aiming for a 7:30 workout, with the advice you guys gave me and report back about whether it helped with the fatigue and nausea.  Because of the late start today, I was only able to do the smolov lift, but that alone felt pretty brutal.

Once again, I took progressively longer periods of rest, and I failed on the very last rep (purely mental). That  is really the bread and butter behind this program, and why it works. Despite the exhausting amount of sets, and the high %1rm, the difference is between thinking "I can probably do this" and "I must do this". The day is only a success when I complete each set, and failing on the last rep is my way of postponing the fatigue until it's just too much.

This was the lift today:

WEIGHT x REPS x SETS

Barbell flat bench:

• 290 x 4 x 7
• 290 x 3, (1 assisted) x 1

Final thoughts: I was surprised at the effort I was able to give in the last few sets, especially in cranking out the last rep. I've never hit the sticking point, and succeed, so often. I guess that's really the point in doing so many sets in a row.