2011-07-20 workout

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Better.

Squat

  • 2x5x45
  • 1x5x85
  • 1x3x125
  • 1x2x170
  • 3x5x215

This felt good, better than the past few workouts. Form felt good, weight went up. Win all around. However, I’m going to keep it at 215# for the next workout. I had a little bit of a sticking point near the top of each rep, and I’d like to smooth that out.

Press

  • 2x5x45
  • 1x5x55
  • 1x3x70
  • 1x2x85
  • 3x5x105

This felt fine. Keep on truckin’.

Deadlift

  • 2x5x95
  • 1x3x135
  • 1x2x190
  • 1x5x225

I cannot lie: it felt good to 1. minimize warmup sets with the 25# plates, since the 45# make for a better back angle, 2. 2 plate work set. 🙂

I fixed some back positioning issues, and again the minimization of the 25# plates helped since it gives me more reps with the better back angle. I also continued to use the double-overhand grip. I figure when it comes time to actually go to mixed grip, my grip will tell me. So until that failure point, let’s just keep going double-overhand. Plus, I’m still feeling good with this, so I’ll keep the 15# jump going for now, but I reckon this will come to an end in the next workout or two.

Commentary

I got more rest between Monday and today, taking it easier, a little more couch potato time. I’ve been running around from sun-up to sun-down every day on my “vacation” doing to-do list things and it certainly wore on me physically and mentally. While I still hate farting my day away, I do need to take more time to rest up else I’m just going to be grumpy when I have to go back to the day job. But the rest certainly helped and I felt a lot better today and it showed in my performance.

And I knew sooner or later my deadlift would exceed my squat. Didn’t quite think it would happen the way it did (due to a squat reset), but it’s all good.

Onwards… slowly, but still onwards.

8 thoughts on “2011-07-20 workout”

  1. FWIW – I generally deadlift mixed grip, but staying matched grip will be of better benefit to your grip strength. You can also switch over mixed (alternate which hand faces palm forward) to get some additional benefit. Grip strength is usually not my failing point in deadlift, though, so… 🙂

    • That’s why I’m staying with double-overhand, to work on my grip strength. I figure whenever grip becomes my weak point, I’ll go mixed (at least for the work sets, not the warmups). I thought it would be today, but it obviously wasn’t.

  2. Right – but my point was, even as your work sets get heavier, sticking with matched grip as much as possible will build your grip strength further – even if you have to switch mid-set quickly to mixed or in, say, your third set, etc…

    I think you’ll be surprised how far you’ll get before actually needing to switch, though 😉

    • Grip has always been a weak point with me, so I’m just happy to be surprising myself with how well it’s doing. 🙂

  4. Need to do low intensity stuff – I’ve been dealing with adrenal fatigue for a while, and thought I had it under control, but the stuff at work the past few months has just trashed me. Doing CrossFit met-con workouts is just contributing to it (even though they’re hella fun, and I feel great afterwards, they beat up the whole adrenal system if you’re not in good shape that way). The AF stuff also causes you to beat up other hormonal systems in the body, like testosterone. So, I’m walking around with low-T symptoms, too. It just so happens that resistance training boosts testosterone levels, as well, so… Some slow lifting will be good for me on a number of fronts, that way… 😉

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