Warmups
Bench: warmups, 172.5x1x2, 175x1
Deadlifts: 70x3x2, 110x1x2, 150x1, 190x1, 230x1, 265x1, 284xgrip, 284x1, 265x1
Notes
Not the greatest of days. Felt a bit eh all morning, but trained around 11am. Bench moved ok, long setup time and long pause and then holding at lockout. Moved ok, happy for the opener to be around 172.5, could likely go 175 but will just take the lighter one.
Then deadlift. Felt eh from the first sets. Bloated and stiff. Moved ok through the middle weights and then the last warmup looked ok, but was less snappy in feeling, and felt more unraveling than I like (potentially I didn't tighten the lats the way I prefer). The top set turned to shit. Two factors involved. First is I struggle with hype. Don't know if its a home gym thing, or whatever, but its not there. Then the setup wasn't quite all there. So when I grabbed it, my grip wasn't good and started to unravel through the movement and then failed closer to lockout. It moved well, just couldn't hold it. So I repeated it. I got it, it was much harder than it should have been, and shoulders were not as back as I prefer. I then did one back-off with a lighter weight, and it moved ok, but struggled with the same lockout.
Then deadlift. Felt eh from the first sets. Bloated and stiff. Moved ok through the middle weights and then the last warmup looked ok, but was less snappy in feeling, and felt more unraveling than I like (potentially I didn't tighten the lats the way I prefer). The top set turned to shit. Two factors involved. First is I struggle with hype. Don't know if its a home gym thing, or whatever, but its not there. Then the setup wasn't quite all there. So when I grabbed it, my grip wasn't good and started to unravel through the movement and then failed closer to lockout. It moved well, just couldn't hold it. So I repeated it. I got it, it was much harder than it should have been, and shoulders were not as back as I prefer. I then did one back-off with a lighter weight, and it moved ok, but struggled with the same lockout.
Setup was better, but not quite perfect. So, how to fix. Don't know. But it just means I have to be very precise in that initial grab of the bar, and be ready for the speed of movement. The Hansu/Eleiko tend to have a better knurling than my bar, so it should grip into me better too. If I can't hype, then I will be technically focussed.
Edit: thinking about it and looking back. The weight seemed to be slightly forward, which is a setup issue. Plus I have never had to gript this sort of weight on my bar before. Realistically before this cycle the most I had done is 260, and I was having issues with lighter weights. So the grip needs to improve with the deadlift. With the second run at 284 being successful it shows I can do it. Just have to do it first time to save myself more stress.
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