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Trying to get to bed early to hopefully get rested. Last workout had
left me a little discouraged. I was advised to possibly back off if I
felt like crap. Hard to tell as sometimes I feel like crap but do great
things. Some aches in the right hip. Right biceps still barks
occasionally. Everything feels tight. Warmed up on the AMT. Up to
152bpm. Felt more tightness in my right side. Calf raise work after
that. Ok. Good warm-up. Box touches with a wide stance after that. Not
as good feeling as last workout. A little ache in the right knee. Then
regular body weight box squats. Some knee aches. Then regular stance box
touches. Trying to get the feel right. Band rows and push ups were
good. Band rows were easy and felt nice. Hip airplanes went well. On to
the workout. Not a lot of work on paper but with the deadlift suit it
would be. This time, it wasn’t until I got to 315lbs that I put on the
suit. Lighter stuff for sets of fives and then a single with 315lbs. All
done double overhand. Lower back was feeling toasty from just that.
Then everything on. Suit, hard belt and straps. Advised that I needed to
get practice with everything one. I learned from last time to get the
suit on all the way. Hanging from the smith machine and jimmying my way
into the suit more and more. Then practiced with nothing to see how
tight I needed the straps to get to the bar and have power. Everything
makes it tighter and harder. I notice I that even with all my effort
fighting the suit, my lower back isn’t in the best position like it is
raw. I had thought the straps would actually make it easier to get to
the bar. I was wrong. I felt like I was going to fall on my face every
time I got my straps around the bar. Plate jumps here with plan being
585lbs and if that was ok, do what I knew I could get. Hard to gauge as
the weight never feels light. Holding on with fingers with the figure
eight straps. I may not have been feeling like the best but I had
confidence that 585lbs was going to go up before I strapped myself to
the bar. Not sure if this went up easier than it did last time or not.
Maybe it came off the ground better this time. I wanted 600lbs minimum. I
decided I’d do 610lbs since that would be a PR for most weight I’ve
pulled from the floor on a regular stiff bar. Didn’t look too bad as far
as speed from the floor but lockout was certainly tougher. But didn’t
feel like I’d need to hitch it. I also feel I was better at controlling
the negative on these singles this time in the suit. Then on to rack
pulls. I put on my shorts while setting this up and putting away the
deadlift weights. I’m surprised a concern citizen hasn’t reported me for
showing off too much thigh with the deadlift suit. Suit and straps here
as well. I kept the hard belt off until it got to 405lbs. Legs were
feeling pretty tender from the suit by this point. Got the straps
tighter than I did for floor pulls at 495lbs. 585lbs was a little slower
than I would’ve liked coming off the pins but still good. Goal was to
do 675lbs again and go for more if I felt I had it in me. But no more
than 700lbs. That felt like a good goal. I had issues with 675lbs
though. I tried pulling my suit straps down as far as I could on my own.
I spent a lot of energy trying to get my shoulders under the straps.
Then I got set to pull and I felt a pinching sensation in my left arm
pit and biceps. Like the anticipation of someone ripping off a Band-Aid
feeling. I stopped what I was doing and checked my arm and got back in
the setup. Same thing, just gripping the bar. I figured from that that
the straps were too tight and I was pinching something in my neck. So I
loosened the straps and tested again. No pain sensation this time.
675lbs felt much like it did last time. I was sweating like crazy from
all the fighting with the suit and messing with the straps. I had to sit
down for a bit to collect my thoughts and feel if I needed to go for
more today. Could I go for more. I figured I just needed a little rest
and I would be able to give it an honest try. I think it came off the
pins about the same as 675lbs did but it was stalling in my thighs. I
really wasn’t sure what was better, bail or hitch it. I went with the
hitch. Not how I wanted to end the lift but whatever works. I was very
glad to get out of that deadlift diaper of pain to do shrugs. My plan had
been to do just 5-10lbs more than last time on the no straps set and
then go pretty heavy on the strapped set. Right hand still has some
issues with the smaller fingers holding on but it is getting better. I
decided it would be better to do some work up singles so it isn’t such
as shock right out of the gate. 315lbs felt easy so I said screw it and
did the no strap set with 405lbs. Grip gave out premature but I was able
to regrip and get the minimum 15 reps. Strapped in with 500lbs and got
18 there. I know I will be sore in the entire back after this. Home to
stretch and eat recovery burritos. I was too beat to do dishes haha.
I’m a little taller than 6′6″ and I really like to lift weights. I’m a competitor in amateur strongman contests. My hope is to become a competitive professional strongman. Currently I'm training for Northeast Regionals in Monaca, PA on 6/1/2024. I’m not a major competitor yet and I have a long way to go but I’m having fun.
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