M12 W4 Deadlift Day

Fall 2009 Training
Mesocycle 12 - Week 4
Deadlift Day

Beginning Thoughts:

I felt kinda meh going into the workout....

Workout:

Deadlifts:
385 lbs x 6 reps
385 lbs x 6 reps
385 lbs x 5 reps
This was very difficult for me. I took like a 15 minute break between sets here.....and boy did I need the rest. I was so tempted to throw up after set 3 but I controlled the urge and lay down for 20 minutes lol....

Videos:

Deadlifts:

Overall Impression:

I am happy with this workout. Over the last 8 weeks I have done some solid training with Deadlifts. Just incase anyone is interested, here's a quick summary:

I spent the first week doing 8-10 singles with 385 lbs (90% of my 1RM). Week 2 involved me doing 6-8 doubles with 385. Week 3 involved me doing 5-7 triples. Week 4 was me doing 2 sets to failure with 385 (I got 6 reps and 4 reps). This basically sums up Mesocycle 11:
Week 1 = 385 lbs x 1 rep x 10 sets, 415 lbs x 1 rep
Week 2 = 385 lbs x 2 reps x 8 sets, 415 lbs x 1 rep
Week 3 = 385 lbs x 3 reps x 4 sets, 385 lbs x 2 reps x 2 sets, 415 lbs x 1 rep
Week 4 = 385 lbs x 6 reps, 385 lbs x 4 reps

Now, what have I done this month? The basic breakdown of this month goes like this:
Week 1 = 385 lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets = 15 reps
Week 2 = 385 lbs x 6 reps x 2 sets = 12 reps
Week 3 = 385 lbs x 6 reps, 5 reps, 4 reps = 15 reps
Week 4 = 385 lbs x 6 reps, 6 reps, 5 reps = 17 reps
The idea of this month was to play around with 385 lbs for reps.

This article here should help summarize what I have been doing: consolidating my strength gains: Strength Consolidation by Eric Troy.

I also think that this article regarding progression can be helpful to a lot of people. It is just thinking about progression from a different perspective: Single Double and Triple Progression.

I hope everyone is having a good week. My training week just begins.

Have a good weekend and thanks for reading