Training today, week 8 day 2, deadlifts and bench. Deadlifts were fairly light, 60 and 65% for multiple sets of 4 and 3… everything felt good, especially for my finger still being numb from the last knuckle to the tip, granted I only pulled 275 and 295, my grip felt strong.
Kicked off the party with some mobility and warmup… single leg RDL’s with high knees and back lunges, and EFS red band pull aparts. Deficit deadlifts first, off a 2” deficit, worked up to 275 for 5 sets of 4, like I said, nothing world beating, but it felt great! Pulls off the floor were 295 x 3x 4, I superset this with my bench work, as my bench work was also fairly light, 65, 70 and 75%. Working sets were 170 x 10x 2; 185x 8x 2; and 200 x6x 2. Shoulder and bicep felt good, neck was a little stoved, but I was still able to comfortably pause and press the last 3 reps in every set. My hamstrings have been very tight lately, tighter than normal, so I have been avoiding a lot of hamstring work, however tonight I decided to hit RDL’s for my 2x10 @ 160, they were easy, but with tight hams they suck! After that we finished with hammer curls and rope press downs.
All in all everything felt good, I’m 3.5 weeks away from peaking week, and will be testing all three lifts the following week. I decided I’m not pulling in the un sanctioned meet, as I want to be able to give my wife as much attention and help on her bench press as I can. I’m hoping she can push somewhere between 170-185, and right now we’re on track to hit somewhere in those numbers, as long as her training stays consistent. She needs a lot of work on press and rack commands though, as she’s only ever watched me compete and has never had to do that herself. Even though I’m not pulling next month, I am still going to hit a push/pull with a goal of 1000+ total this fall/winter, just gotta keep all the moving parts as healthy as I can!
