Back day - deadlifts and farmer's picks

I may be coming down with a bad cold, as my kids have been sick all week, and I don't feel great today.  With that in mind, here's what I struggled to get done today:

				Weight	Reps
Warm-up and stretch
Reverse Hyper				200	25
Deadlift (Ivanko clips)				146	12
				256	6
				386	4
				436	2
				486	2
				486	2
Farmer (pick only)				290	4
				390	2
			held for 25 seconds	615	1
Medicine ball picks (for cardio)				100	15
				100	15
Kettle Bell Swings				52	12
Reverse Hyper				200	15
Abs (weighted)				60	50
Grip work with CoC				140	50
Cool-down and stretch

Deadlift Saturday

Today was about speed with some decent weight, but nothing overwhelming.  I used bands on about 2/3 of the lift.

I had a number of issues with my neck and back, but once warmed-up, was able to pull without much issue.  A good sweat goes a long way to feeling better, sometimes.

Prior to my workout I was able to get about 90 grams of protein, mainly from yogurt and shakes.  I consumed about 25 grams of isolate during the workout, and greased myself up with a 1/2 burger with an egg, post workout, and about 60 more grams of protein.  After dinner and tonight's casein shake, I should finish the day close to 300 grams.

And here is today's workout, where I backed-off, then went back up before backing-off a second time:

6/20/2015
				Weight	Reps
Warm-ups and stretch
Deadlift warm-up				135	8
				135	8
Deadlift from wheels (13 inch)				225	4
				225	4
				375	2
				425	2
				465	2
				515	2
				595	2
				425	2
				465	4
				465	4
				375	6
Grip work				100	100
Stretch and cool-down

Dehydration!

24-hour stomach flu has wiped me out!  I'm super dehydrated and while today was a key lift day for the week, it won't be happening.

I hit a killer deadlift session on Tuesday, working up to low 500s double-overhand, then finishing off with 4 sets of Romanian pulls for 20 reps each.  That really put the hurt on!

So Wednesday, when I got sick, trying to recover from Tuesday, while throwing up and not eating, was beyond rough.  I've had no solid food in almost 48 hours, at this point!!

Recapping, otherwise:

Monday was bench where I worked up to 365 x 5
Friday was a lot of squatting with a killer final set of 20 reps that made it hard to walk until Tuesday!

Overall, things are going well.  I continue to get stronger, and even when I'm not making sizable gains, can tell I'm cementing strength.  It is like on bench, where even with a few months off, I'd almost always be able to get 3 plates.  Similarly, certain other lifts are reaching new thresholds that always seem to be reachable, even when I don't perform them, specifically, on a regular basis.

Tomorrow, I should regain a little bit of strength, so hopefully by Saturday I can lift again!

Thanks for reading!

Heavy deadlift

I pulled 497 today on deadlift and did it without wrist wraps!  This is a 10 lb improvement from my last max.  I'm still down on this and my squat as I tore both my quads while sprinting (not too bad) back in April and am still not quite 100%.  I'd like to see my squat back over 600, though I've never been a great deadlifter and have a lot of room for improvement!

Today's lift was mainly focused on deadlift with work sets up to 3 plates, then sets of 1-3 until my one rep max.  I finished off with some bent rows on 2 plates, curls up to 75s and various abs for about 40,000 lbs, total, for the day.