Heavy weights are heavy.

“Week 2” – BBB 3 Month Challenge

• 3 reps – Deadlift (working max: 325#)
  • 1x5x135 (warmup)
  • 1x5x165
  • 1x3x195
  • 1x3x230 (work)
  • 1x3x265
  • 1x3x295
• Asst. #1 – Squat
  • 5 x 10 x 135
• Asst. #2 – Ab Wheel
  • 5 x 6 x BW (from the knees)
• Foam Rolling

Yeah, things are just feeling heavier, but I was kinda happy with how I dealt with it.

On the deadlifting, I usually use double overhand grip for all sets save the last (heaviest) set, which I’ll do mixed grip. Today, since I knew I wasn’t going to do more than 3 reps I just did it double overhand. Worked great! I was happy about that. If I had to do more reps I know I wouldn’t have lasted with the double overhand, but that’s alright.

Squatting was kinda cool today. For some reason I picked a better spot for my eyes to stare at and that made a huge difference in my form, in keeping my chest up, not letting things fall forward. Very cool. I was very happy with how squatting went.

The ab wheel… geez. Deceptively hard. Last time I did them it killed my knees, so I needed padding. The gym has one of those quarter/half sphere things that aerobics people can stand on to help with balance. It’s soft enough, not too high off the ground, perfect padding. It also made the rolling a little tougher since there’s a littl more balance involved and a slightly steeper angle. I only did 6 reps across because I’m still learning the movement and how to do it best. Get all the way down, body parallel to the floor, arms up by the ears, nose almost touching the ground, then really be sure to use the abdominals to crunch back up, not the lats to pull myself back up. I’ll slowly add reps while I get the form right.

Not a bad workout. Looking forward to next deadlift tho… I’ll PR at 315# and 3 plates on a side. That’ll be cool. 🙂