August 5th - DL 3 sets of 3, not using straps at all!

 05.08.2026

DL advice from July 31st: FORCE THE SPEED through your sticking point, move quickly past knees, do not slow down on the lockout! 

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So, it's the 5th today. The back tweak from the last workout only lasted for about a day, thanks to all the walking I've been doing.

I was really nervous yesterday, a mess in my head. I have to go and try to solve "the issue" once again, and yesterday I was all jerking around and I finally prepared all the documents. I know exactly what the issue is - I'm afraid of failing. It's a thing on a visceral level, my body, not wrangled. Nerves burning down. I stay too nervous for too long and I can't do anything. BUT sometimes I can. Sometimes I can!

And right now it's the evening time. I'm in between all sorts of strange moods. BUT I feel good. I feel alright, more or less. My head, it's been a mess, and it's still a mess. But I love how on rest days this training week I'd always go somewhere. Two rest days, went somewhere two times. And I know I need to stop thinking. I'm not afraid of going "there" because there is no expectations of win/success, and I am afraid of going and trying to solve my issue because it'll turn out that I once again have gone somewhere wrong or people are just not willing to help me. That really ties me down... BUT I know that when I have a nice rest day and I have nothing to do - then I will go and do what I need, because I have everything prepared. I need to unclench my mind from the superstitions of failure.

And today it's deadlift again. Triples. Hopefully not using straps - or rather minimal strap use, because the scar healed partially. If I can find a nice plaster it should be no issue. And the volume today is not going to be very high either.

Been struggling with writing - but I feel SOMETHING coming up. Hallelujah!

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Workout

Warmup - just doing some weird dancing and thigh-squeezer as I put on deadlifting clothing

Deadlift

20 for 12+

70 for 5 - MIXED GRIP. Never considered doing it this way - but I do believe it should make it better for overall grip!

120 for 5

160 for 5

203 for 3

This is where I took a break to finally write again 😀

233 for 3 nice, still MIXED GRIP

263 for 3 - lovely! Overhyped, writing, not easy I admit. Took breaks and re-chalked between every rep BUT it was fast enough. On the third rep I had my right (overhand) hand failing 🤔

263 for 3 - alright! Better, for both deadlift AND grip. I don't think I've done this much mixed grip tonnage since probably 2023! Noticed that now the LEFT side is sliding off lol. Pushed it back in...

265,5 for 3 - lovely! Easy for my back but hard for my hands - well, my skin 😁

Reached a great feeling of satisfaction, dancing, grooving, feels so good! I was considering doing more but settled on what I promised myself - 3 sets of 3. AND it is low volume - but not for my hands 😁 For my hands it is a small PR!

160 - a set of messy silly stiff leg DLs

70 for 15 - Romanian short range DL onto the pillows - bar far away from the knee, eventually feelign the muscle

70 for 15 more - interesting movement

Alright! Thank God for this workout! Hallelujah, truly and forever!

Guess what though? I think I'll do some OHP tomorrow. I'll really have to focus on getting my arms right though. BUT an interesting thing I discovered - I should under no circumstance trust the car's back window reflection lol. Because it's crooked as heck. I do have an unevenness BUT it presents an unevenness that I don't actually have. So I must simply ignore it, or put a flat mirror there. Tomorrow - again technically today... I wish I *COULD* have nice workouts during the day but probably not in Summer 😢

RPotD - Guttera plumifera




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