ME Lower

Another two-parter today. I got the main lift and supplemental work done in the morning and took care of business and came back in the afternoon and finished the assistance work.

Part I
Warm-ups
Concentric Good Mornings w/ safety squat bar and pins set approximately waist level: worked up to 275 x1, 305 x1, 325 x1, 345 x1 and 365 x1 (a PR!)
45* Reverse hyper w/ straps: 290 x15, 380 x15, 470 x15x2 sets

Part II
Glute ham raises: bottom pin x15, 2d pin x10, 3d pin x10, 4th pin x10
Pulldowns w/ prison (fat) bar: 4x8-15/ 150, 170, 190, 210 then 130 x 30 seconds for 2 sets
"Gun show" (curls) 6 sets 2 exercises for 30 seconds per set (ugh) don't know why I did these just felt like it...
Abs

Looking back at my training logs since my diet began I have been able to steadily break PRs in lower body exerceises. In the upper body lifts, not so much. My weight is hovering right at 223-225. The weight loss seems to mainly "hurt" me in my upper body strength (loss of leverage?). If nothing else, I know where I have to put in my work. I just got a copy of Louis Simmons' latest book, "The Westside Benchpress Manual", which from what I have read so far is pretty good. I have gotten some good ideas from it. 4Board is starting to push me in the upper body stuff (and the lower too for that matter). One lesson I learned today was NOT to tell him what I did in the ME work before he lifts so as not to give him fuel for the fire. Us "old folks" must use every advantage to beat the young guys...

The hammer comes crushing,
Ed T.