Wolf's Log: From Cub to Direwolf
Good day today.
Squat
45x8x2, 135x5, 225x5, 315x5, 365x5(b) @ 5.5, 405x5x3(b) @ 6,6,7
Notes: Planned on ramping to [365,385,405]x5 today, but things were popping so I did more and it was still easy. Hardest thing was the conditioning aspect. Nice when you get a day like that. I didn't push it more because I'm not really adapted to much volume yet, but this was fun and encouraging. Back felt 100% fine during squatting.
This is the 2nd set at 405:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baOIWtwlIzs
Deadlift
135x5, 225x5, 275x5, 325x5, 225x5
Notes: All easy, back felt good. Also, used the iPhone level fairly meticulously and discovered the part of the floor I DL'd on last Sunday is ~4 degrees higher on the left than the right (acc to my limited understanding of these things, and if the thing is actually accurate) which explains why the left side came up first and I got twisted. So perhaps it wasn't a technique issue at all, just a poorly planned place to use for heavy attempts. Flooring in Manhattan is a nightmare. I have literally never seen a perfectly level entire floor anywhere here. There are places where it's level, large enough to lift on, but you have to find them. But an entire floor, never seen it. I need to do more work with the level, but I think I found a decent place to pull.
Sled Push
Bit of a mix and match today with different weights, rests, and distances due to turf availability, but they did start to irritate my back when I put more weight on and went faster so cut it short. Did 7 rounds altogether. Hopefully this will be fine by next week.
Also, might as well mention here that I am currently - get ready for this shocker - cutting. I want to make the 120kg class in USAPL, and need to lose a bit of weight to do so. I'd like to - and should - be able to do that without needing to cut water right before the meet, so I'd like to get back down to my previous normal walking around weight of about 265. I've been 260-270 basically the past 2-2.5 years, but gained some weight during my comeback from December through Feb as I ate basically anything I wanted to and went from 259-276. 259 was after 4 months of not being able to train hard, with slightly reduced eating but not too much. I was 274.4 as of this morning. Things were easier when the weight class was 275 like the other feds!