Wanna DL 500lbs, I hate OHP, my knee is injured: My attempt at consistency
Background info: I discovered SS when I was 17, 8 years ago. I have wanted to deadlift 500lbs since then. I have not been able to achieve this, due to inconsistency. Closest I have come is DL 365x5, just before I injured my right knee playing soccer on October 11th, 2018. Squatting just the bar an hour later felt like an icepick stabbing my knee. Some kind of non-muscular tissue was injured.
I have never been able to consistently increase weight lifted on the overhead press. Bad form is probably the reason.
Weights will be in pounds.
29 July 2019:
Height: 6'0.
Age: 25.
Weight: 215lbs
Prev night's sleep: 5hrs, (have a baby.)
Row 500m every training session, favorite warm up.
Supplements: Creatine, fish oil, b12 sometimes, whey (26 grams-ish) nightly, coffee often. Today's coffee all hit me at once while I was rowing, had to find a toilet after 25 meters.
Warm up: progressively increasing weight while decreasing reps on each exercise shall hereby be abbreviated WU, unless otherwise noted.
BS: WU, 190x5, 200x5x3 (weightxrepsxsets) [meant to load 200lbs initially, messed up with 190lbs.]
Knee still hurts from October of last year! I must use knee wraps, anti-inflammatory drugs and exemplary form to ensure this doesn't get worse and that I can train around it!
OHP: WU, 115: 5,4, 135x0, 115x5. Leanback not excessive. It seems the feeling of lightness relative to the 135lbs worked.
DL: WU, 275x5. Felt good.
Preacher curls: WU, EZ curl bar + 20lbs x 8 x 2. <- for the wife and ego.