Thursday: Chasing Fourhunnit

Hitting a wall in front of 400lb on that Deadlift, but hadn't lifted at all in 3 weeks and barely for a while before that (so much for my February resolution - disrupted by blizzards. good thing I gave up excuses for Lent)...

As RX'd by science

Warm up

• DB swings (55lb)
  
• stretching of legs and hips
  
• some quick bar rows to get back muscles warm
  

Deadlift

• 2 x 5 x 185
• 1 x 5 x 245
• 1 x 3 x 280
• 1 x 1 x 300
• 1 x 1 x 320
• 1 x 1 x 340
• 1 x 1 x 385 (PR)
• 1 x 1 x 400 FAIL
• 1 x 1 x 400 FAIL

Very frustrating. I didn't go too big here. 385 was TOUGH so going to 395 would have failed too probably, and if I was going to 395, why not 4. I took like a 4-5 min break and moved around, stretched, sat down a bit and tried to collect my CNS before 400 attempt. I just didn't have it though. I thought I had pinpointed the breakdown being in my upper body (lower back maybe) but my legs didn't want to push it up either on second attempt.

Trainer at gym (dude who puts up WEIGHT) suggested trying to get reps on like 365 or so (said maybe 3x3) and that would open it up. That makes sense. Reps on heavy Deadlifts are so hard tho b/c you gotta go down so slow and delicately to navigate your legs and maintain form. Oh well - good thing I gave up excuses.

Hit some clownish super sets of preacher curls and cable press downs on my way out for the shit of it.

Weigh in: 185.5 .. FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTYYYYYYYY