Utterly and thoroughly exhausted after the weekend, but inspired and excited about what lies in store for the future of SS and SSCA. These weekends are truly amazing. I'm fortunate to be colleagues with so many smart, engaging, thoughtful, funny, and simply wonderful people.
But I was feeling pretty awful heading into this session, so was very pleasantly surprised to get some good lifts in.
Press: 4" belt + wraps
265x1 @8, 275x1 @9, 225x5 @7.5
Notes: Heavy singles were poop, but 225x5 moved fine. Couldn't get a good focused rhythm for the heavies.
Deadlift: 3" belt
455x2 - was supposed to stop here but...
495x1, 545x1, 585x1 @7,
635x1 @9
Notes: So. This was cool. Actually really freakin' cool. If you've been following here, you know I essentially haven't trained my DL since my 675 pull from the mats about 10 weeks ago. Between travel/schedule and a recurring back tweak, I haven't trained it: mostly didn't pull at all, and when I did, I don't think I've been at 400+ for over a month now. So essentially untrained. And running on little sleep and only adrenaline, I pulled a smooth 635,
which is the most I've ever pulled from the floor in training in my life. I've done 645 and 650 at meets, along with the 675 from 1.5" mats in May, but this is still a training PR. And I did it without having trained my DL in 10 weeks. This gives me hope that 700 - from the floor! - is possible. I'm not expecting it to happen soon, but if I can do 635 @9 without training, and can string a healthy 12 week cycle or two together, it seems quite feasible.
Also, I remember the first time I ever pulled 600, a very hard, very grindy 605 @10+ almost exactly five years ago - also at WFAC! That was the first time I'd really ever trained there, too (I'd been there once before in 2012, but only had a chance to do a light lift that time). So this felt like coming full circle, hitting a lifetime training PR, without having pulled heavy or almost at all in 10 weeks, with a rep in the tank, 30 lbs heavier than my well prepared absolute 1RM five years ago. Numerous setbacks, injuries, and surgeries in between have prevented more progress, but this is still pretty substantial. I'm happy as a Wolf on the hunt.
635 Deadlift on IG
Bench Rehab
45x15, 95x10, 135x10, 185x10, 225x8, 245x8x2, 165x12x2