This workout was great. I haven’t done any raw pulls in a long time (almost 2 years) due to my hamstring/glute issue from the clot but I decided today I would start light and just see how they felt. All the pulls were pretty easy. No pains from the glute/hamstring. I modified my form in that kept my hips higher and focused on locking out my legs right away, as opposed to staying really upright and ’squatting’ the weight up like I do in briefs. This felt really natural, and strong. I estimate I could have done something north of 600 today. Sumo SLDLs were tough by the time I got to them and my glute started aching so I called it a day on those. I’ve been meaning to try some ‘full body deadlift/atg zerchers’ where I deadlift the weight up, set it on my thighs and sit back down, then hook into the zercher grip and squat it up. Tried this with some light weight today but it just doesn’t work well - my legs are too big to really be able to easily slide my arms under the bar once I am seated with the bar on my thighs. High pulls were just for kicks.
Deadlift (raw, 30s between singles, 3s between reps):
245x5x1
335x5x1
425x5x1
515x1x5
515x5x1
Conventional Deadlift (15s between singles, 2-3s between reps):
425x1x5
425x5x1
Sumo SLDL:
425x5x2
Deadlift into ATG Zercher Squat:
245x3x2
Conventional High Pull (pulling bar to chin):
245x5x1
Standing Cable Abs (using lat pulldown):
120x5x5
+ stretching + power yoga (60min)
Duration: 130 minutes