The charity meet I competed in on Friday was a success. It was super fun, I was only the second weakest, but still got a medal since I was the only one in my division. I pulled 250# in deadlift, which is what I aimed for, did *not* re-injure my back (w00t!), and on the video that my bf took it *looked* like 250# was easy-peasy (it was not, it felt like I almost did not get the weight off the ground), so I have hopes that there's 350# in the near-ish future. With that in mind, I'm going to see if I can incorporate deadlifts a bit more into my routine. Maybe if I keep it to less than ten reps total every two weeks my back won't complain. And do lots more accessory exercises.
In that spirit, here's today's workout:
Monday:
Squats:
-- warmup: bar x 5 x 2, 95 x 3, 125 x 3
-- working: 160# - 5,5,5
Press:
-- warmup: 26# resistance band x 3
-- working: 65# - 5,5,5
Deadlift:
-- warmup: 165# x 5
-- working: 200# - 2
I'm also thinking about trying a different program. I've had my eyes on Wendler's 5/3/1 for a while, but I'm not sure. I recently found a website (black iron beast's website) with a really neat calculator for 5/3/1 that also had something about Starting Strength on it, and I liked the most advanced phase for Starting Strength. I'm probably going to 'wing it' for the rest of the week, and next week I'm out of town and can't train, so I have two weeks to figure it out.
