Lots to say about tonight's workout,
Squats
Bar x lots
70kg x 5
110kg x 5
130kg x 5
150kg x 3 - failed 4th
130kg x 5
Abs
Okay basically, I think Ive figured why my squats are suck-ish. I am now used to going proper deep and the half rack at my gym only has 4 different pin heights. Even at the lowest setting, I crash right into the pins which makes me lose my tightness and if I still try to squat it up after hitting the pins, thats when it hurts my lower back. It's too hard to stop at the right depth and if I try that it still ****s my back up, which is why I dive bomb it and got ATG. The set of 3 at 130kg was a warm up set, and was going for 5 reps, but doing 3 was hard, because of the bar hitting the pins so I stopped there. The same thing happend with 150kg, on the 4th rep, I went too deep and hit the pins again so I failed. After that, I did 130kg again, but this time without pins for an EASY 5 becasue I was able to go ATG and getting lots out of the bounce. I probably would've had 150kg x 5 the first time, but it was too risky to try it without pins. So I should start squatting without pins, but then there is no safe way to free myself from the bar if I fail, I can't drop the bar to the floor because that would mess the bar up. A spotter wouldn't be of much help, I doubt they would be able to help me squat it up, so I just have to not max out much and only leave some in the tank so I don't fail. After summer, I'll join the uni gym properly which has a proper rack and so lots of different pin levels.