I knew going into this program that overhead presses are probably my weakest area. I never did them in college, since they supposedly injure shoulders and are bad for rotator cuffs. I injured my shoulders anyway, and now I think that if I had done some overhead work, I would have strengthened my shoulders a lot more and probably prevented my injuries.
As soon as I hit 95 pounds, I started having problems. At first, I attributed the bad session with a workout the day before that involved clean and jerks at 115. I failed that pressing day, managing only sets of 4,3,3.
Today was my second chance to pass the 95 pound mark. I felt fresh and completed sets of 5,5,4; technically enough to pass. However, I can't count all those lifts. My form was awful, and I definitely cut range of motion short at the bottom on a few of the lifts. I have to give myself one more chance at 95 pounds, strict form, and then I will do a reset. I am very annoyed and dissapointed at such an early reset on the press, but I am taking some solace in the fact that my other lifts are progressing very well, especially squats.
B14 Work sets:
Squats: 3x5 @ 180
Press: 5,5,4 @ 95
Power Clean: 5x3 @ 130
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