December 6th, Wednesday - Deadlift 265 for 4 sets of 3

 06.12.2023

Nice day. Wednesday. Stayed up pretty late yesterday. Played BG3. Not too hungry - had a pair of eggs. I've been taking my time to master my skill with pan and oil. It's all about temperature control and knowing your product. You wanna heat up the pan and oil - it's not gonna squirt if the oil is fat enough (i.e. no water). You wanna cool it down a little for eggs and make sure there's a consistent layer between the egg and pan - then they don't stick. Obviously, you want a clean pan. It turned out okay, could have been better. A little overfried, bubbling - it kept it too hot. So, I had one moka. The taste was magnificent, but also a little chalky and watery in the aftertaste. Now I made a second one. The good coffee seems pretty dense - twenty grams don't fully fill up the chamber in the brewer. Let's have a first sip...

Same taste. Intense, but a little watery, kinda like green bell pepper. Hmm.

Today's the DL day. Week 9, Session 2 - 4 sets of 3 with 82,5%. 265 kgs. Sounds reasonable? I guess so.

Workout

Warmup - dressing up, some DLs with the stick

Deadlift

20 - 70 - 120 - 160 for 5, overhand fingertips grip

200 for 3 - one rep overhand, two mixed grip, no chalk

230 for 3 mixed grip

265,5 for 3 - a lot of fumbling, first I tried to maintain my mixed grip and loose mid-section belt and tried that close to the bar stance - it didn't quite work out, so I switched to the second version, which I suspect to be generally less powerful, but more fitting the movement, especially with straps - narrow stance, high belt, further away from the bar. And I am better trained with it, I guess. It allows you to pump a lof of air in your belly.

265,5 for 3 okay, also a lot of fumbling and suffocating for air, but better

265,5 for 3 - one rep with straps, two mixed grip - all the strapping felt like it's taking too much time. Now I gotta take good enough long breaking. Wibing to my oldschool DM folder.

265,5 for 3 - great, the best set today, but still not perfect. Two reps mixed grip, then I took a pause to chalk up some more, then third rep and I racked it with ease. But it needs to be better.

I think I've been thirsting for oxygen too much today. Also, I only ate two eggs, so that's something too. Hmm. and I have to wake up relatively early. And I'm about to run out of melatonin. Don't take melatonin unless your sleep really suffers and you really need it, kids. Best just find a more natural psychological way to improve your sleep quality. I remember when it used to be aspirin and minty candy for me. In 2017. I talked about it before. Gave myself lesions back then, but they healed. Why am I writing about this again?

IIRC last time I've done this weight for 3 reps I had to do quite the workup to it. Yes, on October 18th. It would have been nothing at all, effort-wise, if I'd done it like that. But now, since recently, I have been feeling much stronger. And even though today wasn't really consistent, it all was easy enough effort-wise. No eye popping, no CNS strain, not going nuts. Also almost no nutrition, hehe. So, tonnage-wise, it's a small PR today :D

RPotD - another nice pic from Britain



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