Why am I struggling with higher reps?

[SMW235]

Do you drink lots of caffeine or PWO?


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[ronki23]

Do you drink lots of caffeine or PWO?


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Yes I drink a fair amount of caffeine- normally 1 or 2 cups of coffee a day or 1 cup coffee and 1 green tea. At minimum 1 coffee a day

 

[ronki23]

Ok, I trained today and did the following 6 exercises as I missed out a couple of sessions:

Squat. Blank bar x 20/ 165lb x 12/ 165lb x 10/ 165lb x 8
Bench Press. Blank bar x 18/ 115lb x 8/ 115lb x 5/ 115lb x 3 (same as last week but last week I started from a 'dead bench' position as the gym was busy)/ 2x45lb x 4 (if this was set 1 I could do 8 reps)
Barbell Row. 25lbs per arm x 12/ 77lb x 8/ 77lb x 8/ 77lb x 8/ 38lb per arm x 3
Overhead Press Blank bar x 12/ 65lb x 10/ 65lb x 6/ 65lb x 3/ 28lb per arm x 4
Upright Row Warm up/ 45lb x 10/ 45lb x 8/ EZ bar plus 25lbs x 7
Deadlift 45lb bar warm up/ 155lbs x 8/ 225lb x 1
Calf Raises 45lb bar warm up/ 110lb barbell x 15/ 165lbs-175lbsx 12 (Smith Machine bar + 130lbs)

As we can see on my overhead press, bench and squat my repetitions tend to run down with the same amount of weight. This doesn't seem normal as I should be getting more reps with the weight I use/ be using a bit more weight for the reps I get as my 5RM is 25lbs higher for all of them.