StrongLifts B

Squat: 5×5 @ 225 lbs.
Overhead Press: 5/5/5/3/3 @ 117.5 lbs.*
Deadlift: 3 @ 345 lbs.**
Chinups: Skipped***

Body Weight: 193.8 lbs.

*Recall that I am taking a different approach to the overhead press. Instead of driving up the intensity and running the risk of passing out and giving myself another concussion, I am trying to drive up my tonnage by not increasing the weight until I can achieve 5×5. I hope that by doing this, I can develop the physiological tolerance to the increased exertion. Anyway, I did well enough for the first three sets, but I don't think I rested enough before the fourth set (I rested five minutes between the first three but only three minutes before the fourth). I also started feeling really crappy at some point. So, on the last set, having only gotten three reps before, I opted not to kill myself and only pushed for three again (though I did start a fourth).

**I did manage to get the weight up five times, but I'd say the last two had some pretty questionable form--my back wasn't as rigid as I would like it to be. So, I only marked three and will try for five at 345 lbs next time. Wish me luck.

***I think I mentioned last time that I am going to hold off on chinups until my right shoulder stops hurting during the bench press, since chinups are what caused it to start hurting in the first place, and I don't want an accessory lift to interfere with an assistance lift. Well, my shoulder hurt the last time I benched, so no chinups this time. If my shoulder doesn't hurt the next time I bench, then I do chins the time after that.