September 02, 2012 – Event Training

Dynamic Warm-ups

16" Rack Pulls
135x5
225x3
315x2
405x2
495x2
585x2

Car Deadlifts
Setting 3
Carx0
Setting 2
Carx2
Car+50x2
Car+100x1
Setting 1 (15 seconds rest between each rep)
Car+100x1
Car+100x1
Car+100x1
Car+100x1
Car+100x1
Car+100x1
Car+100x1
Car+100x1
Car+100x1
Car+100x1

31 Minutes of Stretching

Comments: Trained at Jerry's today. Only place I know that has a car deadlift frame and mine won't arrive until Tuesday. Turns out they weren't going to train at his place today due to the coming rain. Made setup a pain, especially getting my car onto the frame. Took about 40 minutes to get that squared away. I was told to warm-up on 16" rack pulls, making plate jumps. Wore straps the whole time to get used to them for the car pulls. I was sweating like mad too. 585lbs was a little slow and I was hoping this would be similar to the car empty. I was wrong. I couldn't budge it. I fairly certain this is setup for Nationals (albeit with a slightly lighter car) so not great intro to the car deadlift. I moved the handles out to the next setting and gave it a go. Double was tough but I figured I had some more in me. The next set looked smoother on film but it felt tough. Put a bit too much for the next one and only got a single. I tried for the second rep twice but nothing. This made the last set tricky as it was supposed to be 150lbs less than my top double. Since I hadn't even added that much to the car, I had to pull the handles all the way out. I left the plates in the trunk as I assumed it would be close to the ideal weight. None of these felt fun. The rest in-between the singles was odd. Made for a long set. After I put everything away, I drove home and stretched.