Wednesday 19th - Deadlift while very sore

 19.07.2023

Very nice day. Slept well. Nice dreams. Nutrition - sufficient. Really kicked my own ass on Monday. It's been very long since my glutes have been so sore and full of lactic acid. Quads - a little bit, they are more resistant to stretching. But also my inner thighs, the gracillis muscle, I guess it's called.

I'm having my first coffee. It's almost 9 PM, however.

Last week my deadlift was too much. Seeing how I'm so sore but I feel great I still should approach today's numbers with caution.

Week 10, Session 2 - a set of 3 with 85%, and 4 sets of 2 with 87,5%. So, I think we can settle for 250 for 3, and around 260 for 4 sets of 2? Is it reasonable? We will have to find out. And now it's almost 10 PM... As per usual.

22:27... I sure am taking my time. But if I warm up before 11 PM and start around that time I might be done shortly after midnight, not much disturbance.

I really wanna buy a better moka pot, cause this one burned my finger so much. It's bad. But I've been spending maybe a little much lately...

Workout

Warmup - some variations of DLs with the ez bar, some variations of squat

Deadlift

20 - 70 - 120 - 160 - 200 for 3 all hook grip, cause my index finger is still burned

230 for 3 - 2 reps with straps, had to take a pause and did it with hook grip as well.

A lot of soreness is gone, but muscle feels a little too stiff still.

250 for 2 reps, in between them a failed rep with a hook grip, but tore skin and dropped it halfway. Decided to stick to 250 for now.

250 for 2 reps, but second rep (in between the two normal ones) was fail again (I pushed my knees forward too much, shifting the center of mass) Also, I switched to Manowar on the second rep and it helped a lot. Can I expect to be warmed up on the next set?..

250 for 2 - better, no long pause in between reps

250 for 2 alright. Somewhat smooth. I guess I'm finally warmed up here, hehe.

Overall, I gotta say, something like this would have been completely impossible with my younger self (pre 2019-2020). If I got sore I rested for a whole week back in the day, or I did not train the same body part for at least a week. I was a little mimosa flower, caring for myself unreasonably, and thus failing to train my workability and my actual energetics. And now I'm doing heavy enough deadlifts while all of my lower body is pretty sore. Well, my lower back isn't sore at all, actually, but other aforementioned muscles are.

250 for 2 - alright. Once again, I didn't wrestle my superstitions well enough, so I had to take a pause between reps due to technical failure. Overall, I am very satisfied with how today went. 250,3 is 87,5% of 286, and for a day like today it makes all the sense. After it's done it feels easy, hehe.

I decided to now make it so the posts are posted at the automatic time, rather than on designated day. But the link will still lead to the date, unless I forget.


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