10/12 Strength day with M

5 minutes Arc Trainer warm-up

-Bench press 1x15, 45#, 2x3, 65#, 1x15, 45# (at this point I felt extremely angry and scared because I couldn't even get the 65# off the rack by myself, much less bench press it alone. Hell, I wasn't even able to breathe. M's comment was if I focused, I could do it. He refused to lower the weight from 65# to 55# because I did 55# last week - 2x10, 55#. That does not seem sufficient to bump the weight up by 20%.
-Landmines, single arm, 3x15, 45#
-Bent-over underhanded grip barbell rows, 1x10, 45#, 2x10, 25#
-Smith machine partial dead lift 2 (I refused to do this and after a lengthy pause and making me explain, M agreed. He made sure to tell me that if I don't exercise my back, it won't get stronger. Well no sh** sherlock! I just object to doing exercises that ALWAYS cause back pain. So I asked him for OTHER exercises that would help strengthen my lower back and he suggested .... dead-lifts! Really? WTF???)
-Smith Machine squats (this bothered my knees and I HATE having the bar on the back of my neck)
-Shoulder shrugs on the functional trainer 1x20, 20#, 1x20 - 10 slow/10 fast, 20#, 1x60 50 fast 10 slow, 20#

5 minutes treadmill cool-down

This is the type of workout that I end up nearly walking out. I am VERY tempted to say f*** it and not go back.