July 05, 2011 - ME LB

Going to bite the bullet and get an assessment done by a chiropractor today. I’d like to rule out spinal injury and hope that it’s a muscle strain or something. Also noticed more burst capillaries from the workout in my neck.

Dynamic Warm-ups

12” Block Deadlifts
135x5
185x5
225x3
275x3
315x3
365x3
405x3
455x1
495x1
545x1
Added Straps
585x1
635x1 PR+25lbs (hitched)
572x3

Arched Back Sumo Stiff-legged Deadlifts
295x5
325x5
355x5
385x5

Glute Ham Raises
Bw+5x8
bw+20x8
bw+35x8
bw+50x8 PR+5lbs

Reverse Hyperextensions
290x12
380x12
470x12 PR+10lbs

38 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: Survived another one. Deadlifting is tough. Workout started fine and then I added the big plates and that’s when it went south. I busted the blocks warming up and had to put scrap wood under them to keep the bar from sinking. I have only pulled from this height once before and that was before I started strongman training and my PR’s were quite poor, actually worse than my floor pull at the time (495lbs max). I didn’t base my workout off of that though since I was much stronger and I had pulled 610lbs from a similar rack height so I used that instead. I put my hard belt on a single earlier than planned as my lower back felt like dogs were gnawing on it. It took some effort with 585lbs but I figured I’d give 635lbs my best shot. Very tough but it started moving and got past my knees before I ran out of steam so I went with the ol’ strongman hitch ramp to finish it. I would have preferred to get it clean but whatever, it’s progress. This pull height now matches my PR’s for 18” pulls. Hoping for good things when I do them again. Back and obliques were pretty much down for the count after the block pulls but I pushed on through with sumo sldl stuff. Ghr’s went well, I was surprised to get all the reps on the last set, especially after the nutbuster of a first rep. Finished up with reverse hypers and stretching. So beat.