Explosive Squat Day

Here is tonight's training video:

Today, my goal was to work to something around rpe 6 and do 5 doubles there, while moving the weight down and up as fast and explosively as possible. I'm pretty happy with the speed of today both set-wise and in concerns to rest time as well. I kept my rest times at a minute or under for all of my speed sets.

The reverse band sets are awesome confidence builders and I encourage anyone doing some speed work to increase the weight a little at the end of your sets, slapping reverse bands on, and smashing some weight. They allow you to move so much quicker than plain straight weight. I do not think this is a result of the bands taking a ton of weight off absolutely. The way I set them up, they weren't taking anything off at the top

The highbar paused squats felt tough today, but totally manageable. I am trying to stay as tight as possible and descend slowly to really build that eccentric part of the motion. I've also noticed that whenever I add in these heavier highbar squats, especially paused, my deadlift moves well, too--something to think about

Squat
Barx10
135x5
225x5
275x5
315x3
335 5x2 @6
reverse band 365x2
reverse band 405x2 @6

Highbar Close Stance Paused Squat
335lbs 5x5 @8-9

Leg Press 4x20

GM's 
135 3x12

DB Stiff Leg Deadlifts
 65lbs each hand 3x15