Heavy deadlift

Yesterday I had time to do my heavy deadlifts in the morning at Hyde Park Gym. As I was doing my warmup sets everything was feeling good and I figured it would be a good day to go ahead and move the weight up. I already had the Hyde Park Gym Raw deadlift record in both the 181 and 198 lb. class. My 181 record is 450 lbs, which I pulled at our push/pull meet back in June (pictured above). My 198 lb. class record was only 435 lbs and I decided I would bring that up a bit, since I stepped on the scale weighing 182 (just over the 181 limit). All of my deadlifts felt really good and I stopped with a very strong pull at 455 lbs. This is the most I’ve deadlifted from the floor in at least 8 years. I did box jumps in between my deadlifts again. Since I’m not jumping to fatigue I don’t think it adversely affects my deadlifts at all. I would have liked to do some heavy rack deadlifts after the regular ones, but I ran out of time and had to get to my next client. I did the rest of my work later in the afternoon. I ran into my friend, Rocky, and he joined me for my last 2 back exercises, one arm DB rows and partial deadlifts. I was really tired by the time Rocky joined me and I don’t think I would have gone as heavy without his motivation.

Regular Deadlifts 10:15am

135X10, 225X8, 275X6, 315X3, 365X2, 405X1, 425X1, 445X1, 455X1

Box Jumps 18″X6, 20″X5, 22″X5, 24″X3, 26″X3, 28″X3, 30″X1

Regular Back Workout

Pullups 13, 8, 8 with 10 second hold in contracted position on the last rep of each set

Lat Pulldowns 3 sets 10 reps

Close Grip Pulldowns 3 sets 6, 8, 10 (I started too heavy)

Seated Cable Row 4 sets 12, 10, 8, 8

One Arm DB Row 4 sets 10, 10, 10, 8

Partial Deadlifts 135X12, 225X12, 315X10, 365X8, 405X6