Saturday, January 3, 2015

Reps and Volume. Week 15. Deadlift

BW - 214

Deadlift -
135X5
185X4
225X3
275X2
315X1
365X1*
345X3, 2, 2, 2

RDL - 185X15, 12, 12

Paused Front Squats -
BarX5
95X5
135X5, 5, 5

Single-Leg Curls -
X12, 10 (straight-weight)
X15 (dropped weight)

Haven't done deadlifts in a while and things were a little out of whack.  *I did double-overhand all the way up to 365, but that top weight started to come out of my fingers right before lock-out.

I was going to try using straps for my work sets, but I couldn't get in position starting at the bottom.  I didn't realize so much of my set-up started while standing upright, getting tight and then pulling myself down to the bar.

Worksets felt weaker than I'd hoped after the time off.  I missed at the bottom on both an attempted 4th rep on the first set, and an attempted single at the end.  My weakness continues to be from the floor.

RDLs felt good though.

Thinking about strength off the floor, I decided to try out paused front squats here instead of the planned T-Bar rows.  Might play with this again next week.

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