Week 4, Workout 11 - Seven Week Deadlift Cycle

Today was 2 sets of 3 reps of 255 pounds.  My second set felt stronger than the first; I failed to focus on wedging myself against/under the bar during my set up on the first set.  The weight went up though without too much difficulty.

Week 4, Workout 10 - Seven Week Deadlift Cycle

Whew.  I went for a motorcycle ride and then did some climbing (on belay and bouldering) yesterday with Dougie, my sibs and cousins.  My forearms were feeling a wee bit stiff this morning, but I still did my swings:

 Two handed, 40kg, 10x10

They felt all right, though my grip felt pretty tired.  Not shocking, I suppose, after working on some V3s and attempting a couple of V4s the day before.

I'll be curious to see how deadlifts feel on Wednesday, having swung instead of snatched.

Week 3, Workout 9 - Seven Week deadlift cycle

Today I pulled 245 lbs, 1x5.  This is the first day where the weight felt sort of heavy, and I don't think it should have.  I honestly think it might've been because I did snatches, versus swings; I'm going to switch back to heavy swings on Monday and see if my Wednesday deadlifting day feels better.

Week 3, Workout 8 - Seven week deadlift cycle

Swing/Snatch day today.  I opted to do some snatches, since I haven't worked them in a wee bit.

16kg, 5x10 R/L

I kept the scheme simple, and took rest between the sets.  Again, focusing on power output, not cardio endurance...

Looking forward to Friday. :j

Week 3, Workout 7 - Seven week deadlift cycle

235 pounds today - 1x5.  They felt easy, and the groove felt really good.  I'm still having some pinchy sensation on my right side hip flexors, so I'll continue stretching it out and see if I can reduce that.

Short post for today!

Week 2, Workout 6 - Seven week deadlift cycle

I was up late from work last night, so I'm feeling a bit on the weak and tired side today.  Opted to do the following swings:

32kg, two-handed:
1x10
1x20
1x10
1x20
1x10
1x20
1x10

I was planning on doing this workout with the 40kg, but just wasn't feeling it today.  Quality comes first, mi amigos.

This is the end of Week Two!  I think Week Four is when it's going to start getting really interesting...

Have a great weekend, folks. :)

Week 2, Workout 5 - Seven week deadlift cycle

Deadlifts!

I just looooove them...

225 lbs, 2x5 with 5 minutes of rest between sets.

The weight felt good; relatively easy, honestly.  I did feel a little bit of a pinchy sensation in my right hip flexor during a few pulls though, which I felt on a couple of reps last week.  I'll do some focused stretching and mobility work on my hips in the next week and see if it doesn't resolve the issue.  Might also have Doug watch my next DL workout to see if I'm doing something funky with my form that I'm not feeling...

It's a ridiculously GLORIOUS day out - time to go enjoy it. :)

EDIT: So Dougie and I ended up rock climbing... honestly, probably not the most intelligent thing to do on a deadlift day.

Did a first ascent on a new 5.10 route; did a second ascent on a V3; and then LABORED my way up a 5.12.  I felt cooked before I started it, and it was not a pretty ascent, although I did make it... Definitely going to need to go back and work it again until its smooth - and not on a deadlift day.