As I suspected, the back workout today was affected by the fact that it was only Saturday that the previous back workout occured. This morning I could tell I had worked out the back muscles and they were still recovering. I had toyed with the idea of switching around my schedule this week to accomodate, but decided not too because doing so would be more hassle than it'd be worth. So, instead of trying to increase reps today, I'd do what I could - if I could match last week's numbers, great. If I fell a rep or two short, oh well - thats ok too.
I actually ended up doing reasonably well. I was at least able to match the reps from last session, but I did have to take a couple extra mid-set breaks. On the other hand, though - there were a few spots (like round one of the wide front, or the closed grip overhand pullups) where I was able to add a rep or two before taking a break. So, all told - I'd call it a wash. Considering it was only 48 hours of rest, I'm pretty happy with that.
The legs were definitely still fatigued from yesterday, though. Wasn't much of a big deal on stuff like the lunges and squats - that just meant pushing through a little more adversity - but I definitely lost something on the wall squats, specifically the single leg ones. I had just gotten to the point of being able to maintain for the full 60 seconds, but this time I had to take a break during the entire middle 20 seconds. Thats fine, though - after taking 13 minutes off a half marathon PR, I'm ok with it!
As will be the case going forward, I won't put links in the text of each post - there is a link on the bar above that should bring you to a google docs spreadsheet that I update with my progress.
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