11/13
4" deficit deadlift - 590x1 (PR, easier than expected, too. Prob had 5-10 lbs in the tank)
Sumo deadlift - 225x5, 315x5, 405x5, 500x5 (rep PR, had another 2-3 reps in the tank somehow), 550x1 (just to see what it felt like, never gone this heavy on sumos before)
Ab pulldowns - 3x15
--Great day. Everything moved really, really well. I have a new training partner on squat and deadlift days. He will be competing raw at 242 in the Feb meet, so we are preparing for that. I'll be in the 198's. He squats mid-high 5's raw, benches mid 4's raw, and today he pulled 500x4. I'm stronger than him on deadlifts, but he's stronger than I am on squats, so we should be good competition for each other. We went head-to-head today: his conventional deadlifts vs my sumo deadlifts, and I edged him out by a rep. It was definitely nice to have some competition in the gym for once.
Also, I'm pretty sure I could pull close to 6 sumo if I ever went for it fresh. And if I trained it religiously, I'm pretty sure I could pull more sumo than conventional. But I'm not going to find out, because sumo is cheating in my book. I do like it for assistance work, though. Hits my glutes and hams really hard.