7/22/22 - Friday
DL H @ 4'
65x5x3 pc
135x4
185x2
225x1
285x1
325x1 h
360x1x2 s 2x1 PR
SQ L @ 5'
45x5x2
95x5 h
135x3 h
185x1 h
225x1
260x5x3
Music — Abbath vs Metallica, Trapped Under Ice; Vreld vs Rolling Stones, Paint It Black; Junkowl vs Amy Winehouse, Back to Black; Oceans of Slumber vs The Animals, House of the Rising Sun.
Notes — Although it's nowhere near as hot as some of you are dealing with (70°F/49% RH outside), with the Heavy DL being first, this still ends up being a 2-shirt workout. The first shirt ends up too wet and salty, so the warmup SQ reps get progressively more painful on the bar across the back. No sense in tearing things up. Plus, the dry shirt is refreshing.
- DL - Heavy Singles. The first time that I've been in this territory in, well, ever. -Ish. This was my Powerlifting Meet PR back in September 2019, then Covid. I did build back up to a single at this weight on 12/31/20, then had quite a bit of struggles with it through 2021—being the poster child for Artificially Weak Deadlifts and inconsistency—eventually getting to 345x5 on 12/8/21 before my 380x1 PR on 12/17/21. Maintenance season saw Rack Pulls at 390x5 on 2/11/22 and 6/17/22, then 395x2 + 365x3 on 7/1/22 (just 3 weeks ago). So even thought it has been awhile since I've pulled this off the floor, I feel well-poised to pull these two singles. And I did. Slow & steady, the second a touch more shaky than the first (perhaps a minute or two more rest), but both cruised to lockout without any concerns of sticking anywhere. They have been added to my new Set x Rep Maxes tracker.
- SQ - Light Day. Although the hips and hamstrings thought otherwise after those heavy pulls. Manageable. All good.