Decent workout. My glute really frustrated me tonight. It was straining from the get-go, and no matter what I did to stretch it or warm it up it just kept cramping up at the start of each pull. Despite the cramping, I stuck to my plan and hit 640 for a triple, which ties my 3rm PR. This was much cleaner than the last time I did it, though. Afterwards I tried an experiment I’ve been meaning to try. I setup a one of my powerhooks with a 100lb db (used for hanging db’s off a barbell) and set it so that it would catch on the bar as I did a deadlift. As a result the first few inches are bar-weight, and then the db catches and it instantly jumps 100lbs. What I didn’t think of was the db swinging back and forth after it came off the floor. This made my core work really hard so as to keep me from falling over. Different.
Warmups:
Hypers
Leg Extensions
Leg Curls
Lat Rows
Deadlift:
245×3x1
335×3x1
425×3x1
500×3x1
570×1x1
640×3x1
Deadlift with db hooked to bar:
345×3x4 (PR)
Conventional SLDL:
335×12x1
DB Swings:
80×10x1
120×10x1
130×12x1 (PR)
Standing Ab Crunches with ab strap (’hard tower’):
156×5x1
168×5x2
156×5x2
+ stretching + power yoga (30min)
Duration: 120 minutes