Thursday 12 January 2012

Full body

Good, challenging workout today.

Deadlifts:
135 x 10
165 x 6
185 x 5
205 x 3
215 x 1
225 x 1
235 x 1
245 x 1
265 x 1
275 x 1
285 x 1
295 x 1
305 x 1 (PR)
310 x 0

I'm pleased with the new PR, which increases my 1RM by 5lb. 305lb felt challenging but comfortable, so I attempted an extra 5lb. As the video shows, I simply couldn't get the weight to budge an inch. I recorded my lifts from 265lb onwards from a slight angle so I could check how close the bar was to my shins. The angle doesn't give me as clear a view of my back and posture, but I think my form looks pretty decent.


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Supersets - Cable rows @ 120, bodyweight dips
10/9, 9/8, 8/7, 7/6, 7/5

I've done cable rows with heavier weight before, but I wanted to ensure I kept good form and no momentum. The dips were all below parallel.

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75 sit-ups for time: 3:09

A good end to the week.

2 comments:

Paul French said...

Nice deadlifts, hard to see the back angle but it did look good. Sooo close to 3 plates a side, I remember first time I hit that I was pretty happy.

Common Sense Design said...

Thanks. 305lb felt surprisingly comfortable, but 310lb barely left the ground.

Yeah, 3 plates will be a big ego boost. At 215lb someone asked me how much I was about to lift. When I told him, he said that was more than he would ever attempt. I'd be a liar if I didn't admit that attempting something others won't appeals to my ego (let alone accomplishing it.)

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