That’s more like it.

Wendler 5/3/1 program, cycle 19, week 3

• Work Set – Deadlift (working max: 385#)
  • 1x5x155 (warmup)
  • 1x5x195
  • 1x3x235
  • 1x5x290 (work)
  • 1x3x330
  • 1x4x370 (PR)
• Assistance – Hyperextensions
  • 4 x 12/12/12/10 x WT
• Assistance – Side Bends
  • 2 x 25 x 40
• Foam Rolling… a lot of it

This is more like it. Solid PR of 370 for 4. The pull felt very good. I worked on a different setup. Instead of worrying about keeping my head clear of “not lifting” during the whole time, I just let my mind go where it did, tho I never let it get too deep into something that might take me down some rabbit hole. But then when it was time to lift, I set up, and just took a moment to really focus. That thing I see a lot of deadlifters do, with the arms straight out in front, then into the lift? Yeah, I tried it… I don’t know why they do it and really it doesn’t matter to me because the act of doing it helped me put my head where it needed to be. So instead of all this constant energy on a clear head, it was just intense energy on “the clear moment, right now” for the lift.

Made a big difference.

But the 4 took enough out of me, so I opted to do hypers instead, then the side bends. But I tell you, after all the hypers then 2 sets of side bends? my lower back was crying. That was all it was going to be. But that’s fine. 50 reps (per side) I can live with today.

And then yes… tons of foam rolling. 🙂