Journal - Mon., 5/16/11

Sleep:  8 hours, but very broken.

BW:  219.6 lbs.

Workout:

(evening)

squat, 185, 3x5

press, 115, 3x5

clean, 135, 5x3

chin-up, BW, 3x5

EZ curl, 70, 10, 10, 7

Comments:

I'm stepping away from the Texas Method, and am going to exhaust a linear progression first.  So, it's back to Starting Strength.  I dropped the squats quite a bit to work on form, and I think I found part of the problem.  I stay very tight, really placing the weight on my hams and glutes, until I'm a few inches from the bottom.  Then, my hips tuck, and everything releases.  The only way to get up from there is to shift forward first.  

So, box squats until I have 15 quality reps, then increase.  It'll be slow, but will hopefully lead to rapid gains once the form is down.