A Nice Stretch, a Curveball, and Maybe a Huge Discovery
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DavidCC
Good work!
Thank you!
I've trained 4 times since my last post, and I've worked a lot of hours delivering mail and packages. Hopefully the latter will start to slow down within the next week, and I'll be able to eat, train and sleep my way into the meet on 1/13. Speaking of which, here's a brief discussion of the curveball I was thrown by USAPL with their new qualifying totals for national meets. The short version is that the number I knew I could coast to on a bad day is gone, and now I need a 10 kg PR total to qualify. I don't know if I'll be able to pull that off in 2 weeks. We'll see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvnWwroyvx8
Tue. 12/18/18
8:43-10:00 pm
1. Sumo DL - on a whim, I decided to try sumo pulling for the first time in 2 years
155/3, 3 - did these in my weightlifting shoes
155/3 - switched to slippers
265/3
355/3 - added mouth guard
425/3 - added Versa Gripps
475/1 @5 - added belt
505/1 @6
535/1 @7
555/1 @8
495/1 + 1 + 1 - cluster set
495/3 @8
495/4 @8.5
The discovery is that my sumo deadlift might have somehow gotten much better... by completely abandoning it for conventional deadlifts. The 555 lbs is the heaviest deadlift I've pulled in the gym in forever, and maybe even the heaviest I've ever done (gym PR?). Honestly, I don't know. My meet PR is 578.7 lbs (262.5 kg), which I pulled sumo at <205 lbs 3-4 years ago. After that meet, my deadlift started declining for reasons I've never been able to identify. Once my DL dropped by 15 kg, I got desperate, so I switched back to conventional, and it started improving. I'm not desperate now, and I'm excited by this development. If things go well again on Sunday, I'm rolling with this at the meet.
2. Ab Machine
100/15
125/15
140/15
Wed. 12/19/18
8:33 - 9:53 pm
1. Bench Press
95/6
155/5
205/4
235/3 - added mouth guard
260/3 - added wrist wraps
280/3 @8
280/2 @9
280/2 @9
280/3 @9.5 - did 2 sets of chins before this set, so I guess the extra rest helped
265/5 @9.5
2. Pull-ups
Assisted - full stack/12 wide overhand
Assisted - half stack/10 wide overhand
BW/10 x 4 sets - grips were wide overhand, medium overhand, medium underhand, and medium neutral
3a. DB Incline Press - alternated with 3b
85's/10 @8.5
75's/11 @10 - tank must have hit E
3b. Face Pulls
40/1 (too heavy) + 25/5 (too light) + 32.5/15
32.5/20
Sun. 12/23/18 - a problem with my right shoulder has resurfaced, and a new problem with my right elbow has developed. It feels unstable.
5:28 - 6:53 pm
1. Squat - used my rarely used competition SBD knee sleeves. They're the same size as my normal training sleeves, just tighter from having less wear and tear.
135/3, 3
225/2, 2
315/2
375/1 - added mouth guard
415/1 @5 - added wrist wraps
445/1 @5.5 - added belt
470/1 @7
495/1 @8 - wasn't sure that I hit depth on this, even after watching it, so I repeated it
495/1 @8.5 - good lift
515/1 @9 - maybe even @9.5... I folded/pitched forward a bit in the hardest part of the lift.
455/3 @8
455/5 @8
2. Bench Press
95/6
145/5
195/3 - right elbow felt shaky
225/3 - added light elbow sleeve
245/3 - added mouth guard
265/3 @8 - added wrist wraps
265/3 @10 - something is clearly wrong with that arm
Wed. 12/26/18
8:55 -9:55 pm
1. Bench Press
95/5
145/5
185/4
215/3
240/2
260/1 @5
275/1 @5.5 - added wrist wraps
290/1 @7
305/1 @8
315/1 @9 - used Titan Ram here. I could tell it was out of position after I unracked it, and shifting things around while holding the bar probably cost me a rep or two.
265/5 @9.5
265/5 @10 - touch & go set
2. Seated Row - used triangle handle
120/11
180/13 @9
210/8 @9
3. Ab Machine
100/15
125/15