To paraphrase Dory: just keep lifting, just keep lifting….

Wendler 5/3/1 program, cycle 18, week 3

• Work Set – Deadlift (working max: 375#)
  • 1x5x150 (warmup)
  • 1x5x190
  • 1x3x230
  • 1x5x285 (work)
  • 1x3x325
  • 1x4x365 (PR)

I was technically supposed to do 360#… but I kept staring at those 25# plates, and they were staring back at me. I also felt really damn good. So I went for the additional 5#.

I also tried going for a fifth rep, but it wasn’t going to happen — bar didn’t even leave the floor.

That’s fine. I’m happy with this. 4×365 is a nice PR.

Years ago I could never have envisioned this. Heck, just 2 years ago when I started lifting again, I didn’t think I’d get to this point. I didn’t think that deadlifting 400 would be within reach. But it is.

Didn’t bother with assistance work. I’ve got a short deload next week, plus I think I might want to “reset” my CBL and go low/no-carb for the next week. So, no need to kill myself — I need to recoup, and lots more deadlifting is very taxing on the CNS.