M7 W3 Deadlift Day

Spring 2009 Training
Mesocycle 7 - Week 3
Deadlift Day

Beginning Thoughts:

So remember I said this week and next week were hell weeks? Well...it's begun. I got only 3 hours of sleep last night (i.e. Wednesday night) and I have been up since 6 am on Thursday. I worked out Thursday night at 9:30 pm. So yes, I was exhausted and not very focussed when I went into the gym.

Workout:

Banded Deadlifts using the Red Bands Double Looped:
195 lbs x 2 reps - This was the first struggle set
165 lbs x 2 reps - This was the second struggle set
115 lbs x 2 reps x 3 sets
125 lbs x 2 reps x 2 sets
135 lbs x 2 reps x 2 sets
Kinda meh... 

Deadlifts:
315 lbs x 3 reps
365 lbs x 2 reps
405 lbs x 2 reps
425 lbs x FAIL
315 flew up and really shocked me...I was so surprised lol...Things went downhill from 365. I forgot my set-up, lost my groove and couldn't focus on getting my set-up back. 

Medicine Ball Twists:
15 lbs x 12 reps x 6 sets
I've been really neglecting my core training over the last 3 weeks and I think that whenever I stop working my core both my posture and my performance suffers. I have been reading the Neanderthal series articles and I need to focus on ab work a lot more than what I have been doing recently. In addition, I think (and this is just a theory) that when I don't do enough ab work, my Deadlifts get freaky on me - like the set with 405 when all the fat on my lower back and ass jiggles during the rep! So it's time to bring back ab work.

Videos:

Banded Deadlifts & Deadlifts:

Overall Impression:

I have an exam tomorrow which I need to study for. I will be going in to do my extra workout tomorrow and will hopefully have some Pistol Squat videos up and running. No sleep for me tonight. Sucks coz I plan on partying a bit this weekend and going to see Fast and Furious