Squats

365 x 5

415 x 3

465 x 1

Drop-down to 405x5, 315x8, 225x10, 135x10

Reverse hyper leg curls

6 plates x 20, 20

I'd been putting this squat day off to let my back recover and it's been feeling excellent the past several days. Unfortunately this still took its toll. Everything felt fine until the last set of leg curls, funnily enough, and even then it was faint pain. No problem, I figured; I'm done now anyways. But as the night wore on, my back slowly began to feel worse and worse. Same problem spot that's been getting my attention lately: lower right side.

While recently reviewing my training log, I noticed that my back tends to like the softer side of my reversable mattress more when it's in pain. Sure enough, I flipped it to the soft side and when I woke-up to use the restroom, my back didn't hurt at first. Same deal in the morning. Eventually, back pain set in again, but that's a promising confirmation considering that waking-up is typically very painful after a back injury.

I have a scheduled deload coming up, and I will almost certainly replace the heavy deadlift day this week with something lighter. I also have belt squats in my arsenal for when it's time to lift heavy.