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| British divers Tom Daley and Peter Waterfield. Their strength and conditioning coach, Richard Husseiny, used to be my sports masseur. |
95, 105, 120, 130, 140, 150, 155, 160, 170
I used a crossover grip today because of my injured wrist. Other than that, I still tried to keep good form and technique: my head was back, with my chest and elbows up, which helped with my balance with the heavier weights. I've sometimes had problems with my heel coming up, too, but today I found that if I turned my toes in a little bit, it was easier to keep my weight back.
It's been a long time since I did this routine - November 2011 - and back then I got one rep at 160lb. After I managed two with that weight today I was going to add jut 5lb, but I went a little heavier as it was my last set.
Here are my last two sets.
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3 rft:
20 deadlifts @ 155lb
20 trap bar deadlifts @ 185lb
Time = 11:52
I had planned on doing dumbbell hang squat cleans with the deadlifts, but while I was warming up I could feel a slight pain in my left shoulder when I swung the weight up. It wasn't too bad - and doesn't hurt now - but I think this might be because of the 150 pull-ups I did yesterday.
3 comments:
That's an awkward weight for the trap bar, a 45 + 5 + 2.5 on each side. Either way that sounds like a grip burner.
Nice smooth form on the front squats!
Both types of deadlift were pretty quick reps, but - as has been the case recently - I think I was smart with my rest breaks. That's 120 reps in just under 12 minutes.
I was surprised at how comfortable the front squats felt, as I hadn't done them for several weeks. The crossover grip will do for the time being.
I saw Madi today for the first time in over a week, and she said, "I'm really enjoying the weightlifting in the Olympics", which, of course, made me happy. Then she added, "Especially the women who look like men."
hah i saw that comment on facebook, while I admit some of the weightlifting women have bigger legs than Eric, girls like Zoe Smith look quite feminine and are cute.
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