3/28/25 widowmaker block C4W2D3 Deadlift and Press (FINISH)

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Deadlift top set
345x7
I didn't hit the reps I wanted. Honestly the RPE wasn't crazy, but I stopped the set because my barbell speed slowed down. My form felt extremely good and the weight actually felt LIGHT. 
Press top set
150x3
I think I could have gotten more but I hit the roof of my gazebo at the top of the last rep and it threw me off. This felt heavy. 

Chins (between presses) 
5x5 
These felt really bad, probably because I rested a LOT less than I usually do and my stabilizers were fatigued from pressing between sets of chins and vice versa.

This whole session took me 27 minutes. I did it as quickly as I reasonably could because I had things to take care of. I thought I was using my time efficiently before, but now I see that I can fill in the gaps more. My last few sessions of this program took a lot of days because I was busy IRL and got sick between my last weighted session and this one. 

This concludes my widowmaker block. I was going to do a PR set week but honestly I progressed my TMs too quickly and the fatigue really wrecked me. I don't believe I have the ability to PR on any of my lifts based on my performances for the last two cycles. ORIGINALLY, my widowmaker block was a 7 week program but I was feeling so good I added a third widowmaker cycle and added a second "7th week" and made it a 10 week program. Sadly my non-gym life doesn't allow me to recover consistently so I burnt my candle at both ends.... Despite my mistakes I'm very happy with my program. Next time I'll stick with the 7 week version though. 

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