James's Workout 6/7/10

Today I worked up to testing my Back Squat 1RM(one rep max)

Warm-Up
Single Leg Leg lifts
Single Led RDL(Romanian Deadlift)
Bretzel
Box Squats of increasing depth(did a lot of these) unweighted by 5s
...w/ 95lbs x 5
...w/135lbs x 5
...w/ 185lbs x 5
...w/ 225lbs x 3

Then we got into the workout
275 x 1
295 x 1
305 x 1 (Personal Record)
310 x 1 failed
295 x 1 failed
305 x 1 failed
275 x 1

...that was rough. 305 is my new record, which means I'm 5lbs away from a 2x bodyweight back squat, which is an old goal of mine. The rough part was failing the following three lifts, which is a good eason to always have a spotter when you're testing your max squat! I've never done that before, it was rather disheartening, even in the wake of a new PR. Possible reasons for that could be the 6 hours of sleep I'd had the night before, the hour of running trails prior to that, the fact that I was in my Vibrams instead of my Olympic Weightlifting Shoes, or the fact that I haven't squatted heavy in three weeks. Still, not at all a bad day!

-James