Training Log: Entry 2546

PM WORKOUT

MAX EFFORT LOWER BODY

Top Down Deadlifts
5x135
5x225
3x315
1x405
1x495
1x585
1x640 (5lb PR)
1x645 (5lb PR...from that other one I just set)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvDzv1iNets

GIANT SETS (dead-hyper-squat)

Low handle trap bar lift 415
3x10

Reverse hyper 360
3x10

SSB squat 230
3x10

Notes: 3:45 between heavy pulls, 2:00 between giant sets.  Just a few small PRs 6 days after my race, like one does.  The racking is really the most challenging part of the workout.  I left it in for the second pull in the video, but it doesn't represent how the bar pulled me forward onto my toes and I used all the power in my calves to get it back on track, and then did crazy shrugs and hip rotations to try to angle it back into the rack.  I honestly think I'm getting a lot of training value from that part along with the topdown deadlift itself.  I'm soon approaching the most weight I've ever pulled through a full ROM, and doing it starting from the top doesn't seem to make it any easier than the bottom at this point.

The trap bar lifts were much harder than I anticipated.  I have to remember it's STILL over 400lbs.  And the low handles are absurdly low picks on it.  I imagine it's getting me plenty strong.  I've decided to keep the reverse hyper weight stagnant for now and focus on moving weight on the squats and deads.  I feel like it's the right call.