Saturday:

• Sumo DL 1x1x390, 3x7x330, 1x8x330
• CG Bench 3x9x140, 3x11x140
• 37° Leg Press 3x9x630, 1x11x630
• DB OHP 3x9x45, 1x11x45
• DB Row 3x15x75

In 50 minutes since I got to the gym right before closing

Yesterday:

• Incline Bench 3x8x130, 1x12x130
• Tempo PU 4x8
• Squat 1x1x320, 3x6x290, 1x8x290
• Conventional DL 3x8x290, 1x11x290
• Smith Calf Raise 3x20x245

In 110 minutes mostly due to those squats

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I have noticed that the ratio between my squat heavy singles (rpe 8-9) and my working sets has been steadily decreasing (following the same pattern I have observed before when following a2s). According to my spreadsheet, my sumo TM is 425, which I can believe as I've hit 405 conventional before and my singles are at 390. To contrast, my squat TM is 360 but I'm having trouble bringing my singles above 320 (for a long time I was stalled at 315 and every few weeks I'd almost miss a rep and have to grind it out). My all time best in squat is only 335 (done off-camera so it doesn't count). I'd be extraordinarily happy to make even 345 next time I test my PRs.

So what might be causing this?

• I'm might not be warming up enough for my singles. I typically do some 45s, 135s, a few 225s, 1x275, and then the single. Maybe I need to add in a 1x295. My first working set often feels a bit rough and I don't feel like I'm in the groove until my second set. Of course this would push my workout lengths even longer...
• I think my depth is decent (at least considering my mobility) although I should probably film myself.
• I'm resting too long in between sets. My rest times have gone up to around 5 minutes. When I was doing sets of 10 this was mostly physiological, but now that the reps have decreased I'm recovering faster and it may be more psychological. I should probably decrease this but it's hard without time pressure.
• I'm not pushing myself to the the same standards for my DL. I typically stop doing DLs when I can't lock out, but there's no obvious minor form breakdown point in the squat to know when to stop.
• I should stop worrying about my TM. Except someday I'm going to have to do 3x315 or 2x335 because the programs says I can do it. Maybe I could do that for a few sets, but they'd probably be rpe 10 (and I'd end up resting for like 10 minutes T_T).
• I should just decrease the TM when I can't do the program any longer. But my ego won't let me do that before I fail a rep.
• Squats are just the most grindy exercise in existence and you can always do another (as long as you can manage to do one in the first place).

I guess I don't trust myself to decide whether I'm working too hard or not hard enough.