bean counter's Barbell Medicine Log

[manveer]

Congrats on the recent squat and deadlift PRs! Solid @10 efforts on both.

[Chris McCarthy]

Cracking couple of sessions - I don't know how I missed your post on Thursday, I would have congratulated you profusely then!

You are a 205 Squatter / 225 Puller RIGHT NOW in my estimation were you to put the numbers on the bar.

[bean counter]

Good work on that deadlift PR!

Thanks Man!

For me, all-time deadlift PRs set in the gym mean more than ones set in competition. Competitions have a crowd to cheer you on, you've tapered volume, you're hyped up and ready to pull a PR. But at the gym, it's just you pulling. Maybe you've got friends or training partners, but not an entire room full of people yelling encouragement at you.

That is to say, congrats on the deadlift PR! Who cares that it's 2.5 kg over your comp max? You have lost weight since then

Good point. I certainly felt like I could have done with a bit more atmosphere and hype. I took a 200 mg caffeine pill and had one guy urging me on, plus a few others shouting once they realized what I was doing, but it just want the same as a competition.

Congrats on the recent squat and deadlift PRs! Solid @10 efforts on both.

Thanks! I tend to shy away from real @10 efforts, but it's good to know I have the grind in me if I really need it.

Cracking couple of sessions - I don't know how I missed your post on Thursday, I would have congratulated you profusely then!

You are a 205 Squatter / 225 Puller RIGHT NOW in my estimation were you to put the numbers on the bar.

Cheers. I like the vote of confidence, but I certainly wasn't a 205 squatter on Thursday or a 225 puller on Saturday - both reps had a lot of grind and I may well have failed with even 2.5 kg more. It seems like I lost a LOT of smoothness and speed between about 97% and 100%.


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