First moderate week session — 10% jump from Week 1's 70% to this week's 80%. All lifts completed despite a rough start to the morning. Tempo deviation on squats: Switched from prescribed 20X1 to 20X3 — needed the extra 2 seconds at the top to recover between reps. On a low-sleep day at higher intensity, that pause was the difference between finishing the sets and grinding to a halt. Good autoregulation call. Head pressure and low energy were present but attributed to poor sleep rather than training load. The Dark Roast Protocol and 10 minutes of wake-up time were enough to clear the worst of it before touching a barbell. Pull-ups now have added weight (+15 lbs) for the first time this cycle — up from BW-only at 70%. Deadlifts on crash pads felt cleaner than from the floor. The reduced ROM takes the edge off the Valsalva without meaningfully reducing the training stimulus.