Thanks for the input. I'm a couple months short of 20 so I could probably run on Ramen noodles, Rockstar, and 5 hours of sleep a night if it wasn't for the fact that I lift lol.
Other than weekends, I tend to lift around 5:30pm because class gets out at 3:30 on the days I can lift (as opposed to the days I get to school at 9:45am and leave at 8:30pm), and my commute to home and then the gym is pretty long (by bus).
My squat actually felt stronger than it did last session, so it might not be my CNS. Albeit, general fatigue from the week might have played a part by that logic because today is Saturday and hence I wasn't doing much today lol.
My diet isn't that great at the moment because community college campus food sucks and 2 days out of the week I'm stuck at campus from morning until night (schedule is fubar). I do supplement with a mutli-vitamin and fish oil atm to compensate somewhat, but I wish I could be scarfing down brown rice and chicken breasts versus cheese pizza slices and white bread sandwiches. I think I'm still getting in around 150 grams of protein in daily on the days I have to eat at campus, and about 3000 calories, but there's no way to clarify. I tend to now drink a lot of milk before bed, not because I buy into the whole "YOU LOSE MUSCLES WHILE YOU SLEEP" bs but because I want to meet my protein and calorie macros.
I deadlift next session. I might try 235lb again, or I might pull 230lb and then save the heavier weight for my 1 rep max day.
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Squat: 115lb x 5, 135lb x 5, 155lb x 5, 170lb x 3, 180lb x 3, 180lb x 3, 180lb x 1
Barbell Bench: 115lb x 8, 140lb x 5, 140lb x 5, 140lb x 5
EZ Bar Curls (max test): bar + 40lb x 3, bar + 50lb x 10, bar + 70lb x 0 (lol), bar + 60lb x 5
Bent-Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Row: 65lb x 10, 65lb x 10
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As you can see, I decided to change up how I format my log entries. Warm ups now included as well.
170lb squat for 3 felt easy, so I loaded 10lb on the bar and did 2 sets, which were pretty hard (I've hit 5 reps with 185lb before...well 4 but my spotter was kinda overzealous and I think I could have gotten 5...but hey, better an overzealous spotter than a spotter with ADD). By the third set I was worried some try-hard was gonna steal the only flat bench press in the gym and start doing 10 sets of 185lb 1/4th ROM bench press so I did 1 rep, said "**** it" and unloaded the bar. I want to save as much juice as possible for my 1 rep max day anyway (never have tested my 1 rep max for any lift, ever).
Bench, second set felt easier than the first. Still messing with hand placement, obviously not desiring to flare my elbows and put excess strain on my shoulder joint. The lift still feels kinda wobbly but I'm getting the reps. I hope the "80-85% of what you can do with DBs" rule is true, but I feel in my bones that my 5 rep max will be 150lb, which is what I could do with dumbbells. Hopefully if that's the case, it's just my CNS taking a while to adapt. Best case scenario is I'm wrong and my 5 rep max is in the mid-160s to 170lbs or higher. We'll see.
EZ bar curls, I wanted to text my maxes. I don't like preacher curls - maybe it's an ego thing but I get more pumped to lift when I can load the most weight on the bar (still keeping good form, of course). Loaded the bar with 20lb on each side, which was my 8-10 rep max on preacher curls, and it was far too easy, so I loaded up 25lbs on each side and did 10 reps, probably being able to push out 12-13 (or 15 if I started swinging/arching my back). Then stupidly loaded up the bar with 35lb plates and only brought the weight up half way lol. Lowered to a 25lb and 5 lb plate on each side and did 5 reps. Might have been able to push it to 6 or 7 reps but I didn't want to force it and neglect form.
I don't know how much the EZ bar weighs, and the YMCA workers don't know either, so I'll just have to assume it's anywhere from 15lb to 25lb (probably closer to 15lb).
DB bent-over rear delt row was self explanatory. Getting harder. When it starts forcing itself into a dumbbell row, I'll deload it.
I weighed myself recently on an old-fashion (non-digital) scale and I'm 157lb. I've done it multiple times and it's about the same so I'm about that. In April I was about 150lb, and I was 153lb at the doctor's office in early July. The increase might be due to the fact that I started working the lower body, or maybe I'm putting a bit of fat on. Meh. Once I hit 170lb I'm probably going to cut, but that number seems pretty allusive at the moment. I'm guessing my body fat is about 16%. It was 15% on my friend's cool digital scale a couple months ago, which sends some electric impulse through your body, but then again it's probably not that accurate.
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