FINALLY, at long last, I feel good enough to start doing some actual strength work.
I did not have time for the met-con WOD but I spent a long while deadlifting before the evening classes.
I had not maxed out a set of 5 in FOREVER so this was sort of a guess and check day weightwise to see where I was at..
My previous PR at this was either 345 or 365 but that was eons ago, so today I was just setting a new benchmark for myself to work with this summer..
I went with some warm ups at 135 and 225 and then got into my 5 sets..
275, 295, 315, 335 and 350.. The 350 video is posted above. I videoed all of the sets and my form started out excellent and deteriorated bit by bit as I went up in weight, but never surrendering my core or losing tightness.
My butt should be getting a little lower on the reps 2-5, but my Tough&Go reps make it a little harder to reset as well.. I should probably slow down and do more of a pause between each to ensure I get locked and loaded better on max effort sets.
Overall I am pumped about this because I thought my strength numbers would be depressing after letting go for so long, but today I felt strong... Next up.. squats and overhead shit.. WOO.
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