July 26, 2013 Lower Body - Medium

• Squats: 250*5 275*5 300*5 315*5 325*2
• Good-Mornings: 175*5 195*5 215*5
• Pull-Throughs: 50*10 70*10
• Swiss-ball Bridges: 78
• Paloffs: 100*7 110*5

39 minutes

Tapered this workout a bit shorter, my legs were exhausted coming in, I guess from sprinting & broad jumps 2 days ago.  Maybe exhausted is too strong of a word, but they were fatigued, almost cramping on squats. Rest of workout went well, getting the hang of pull-throughs.  Not sure if the swiss ball bridges are really working or not, end up feeling them in legs and core as I try and stabilize. 

July 19, 2013 Lower Body

• Squats: 315*3 340*1 355*1 365*1 (High for year!) 340*1
• BB Split Squats: 185*3 205*2
• Good mornings: 215*2 225*2 235*1 NEW PR!!
• BB Walking Lunges: 170*5 170*5
• Paloffs: 100*10 110*4
• Swiss-Ball Bridges: 5, 4
• Swiss-Ball Lateral Bridges: 3, 2

41 minutes

FINALLY got past 350 without my lower back folding on me. I think the good mornings are having a good effect, plus switching up reps every other week maybe?  Finally.  Threw in split squats after since I like doing them heavy as opposed to with more moderate weight.  The good mornings went well, I prefer them with the medium weight but I want to make sure I'm staying consistent with the theme of the workout.  I'm about 95% certain I've never good morninged that much before, so that's good.   Did some lunges to finish things off, then moved to paloffs.  Finished with some swiss-ball neck work. You can see a video of them here, for some reason the video finder on here couldn't find it.