I love deadlift day, but I showed up with little energy and focus for lfiting today as I was at the end of a long cycle. I’m wupped! It was an interesting session at the gym. The guy next to me was doing power cleans and front squats and he was good company. The bodybuilders were another thing all together. Three times I was aksed if I needed a lifting belt and some straps. I said if I can’t grip it then I can’t lift it. I had just pulled 335 and while I was adding 20 lbs to the bar for a PR attempt, one of the bodybuilder guys felt the need to coach my form. Actually, he was right, so I asked him to show me. He almost got the 355 up but did not get lock-out. Now I was stoked! I gave it a shot but missed it too. So far, in deadlifting, when I have missed on a weight, I would get it on the second lift. By this point, I knew there wasn’t much gas in the tank, so I knocked it down to 345 which would still beat my best by 5#. I took my shoes off, lined up and paid attention to my form and took a deep breath and nailed it!


In spite of the low energy and the distractions, it was nice to come away with a good 1RM effort. Rest day, yeah!

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