2nd Mesocycle
Week 6 of Mesocycle, Week 2 of Intensity Phase
Deadlift
365x1 @ 7
405x1 @ 7.5 *belt)
455x1 @ 8
495x1 @ 9
515x2 @ 10 (PR)
545x1 @ 10
Front Squat
135x3
185x3
205x3
225x5 (PR)
Notes
Hit a technical PR on deadlift today. I've never pulled more than 1 rep over 500 pounds. I've pulled 495x5 three or four times, but for whatever reason its always been singles after 500. Both 515x2 and 545x1 felt pretty heavy. I probably had another 10-15 pounds in me, but it was a clean solid pull to end on.
I'm pretty happy with where my deadlift strength ended this mesocycle. My bodyweight was 236.8 this morning - 13 lbs less than where I was last October when I pulled 570 at the meet. Also, before the meet I was pretty much just deadlifting and benching 5x a week. It worked great, but this mesocyle I've been going heavy in everything and hitting PR's across the board consistently. I feel stronger overall because 545 was after 6 weeks of heavy lifting. No peaking or anything. Just raw pull strength.
Ended front squats with a decent PR. I still have a long way to go on these. I used straps today on the bar. This made a huge difference. I've had a big problem with wrist flexibility on these - I just can't get into a comfortable position. I'm going to use straps from now on. It keeps my elbows much higher. If I start oly lifting, I'll figure something else out. I'm using front squats mostly just for development. I like squatting 2x a week, but its much easier to recover from lighter front squats than back squats.
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