Training Log: Entry 2695

LUNCHTIME WORKOUT

MAX EFFORT LOWER

High Handle Trap Bar Pulls
5x155
5x245
3x335
1x425
1x515
1x605
1x695
1x720 (+5lb lifetime PR, to say nothing of PR at bodyweight)

GIANT SETS (dead-row-chin-neck)

2 second pause high handle trap bar pull 415
3x9

T-bar rows 150
3x9

NG chins (various grips)
3x7

Neck harness 45
3x22

DB rows 105
1x15

Notes: 3:45 between heavy sets, 2:00 between giant sets.  My groin and abductor are still not 100%, and I wouldn't even go so far as to call them 90%, but I can set up on the trap bar pull without putting them at too much risk.  I'm still not comfortable fully straining with it,  which makes the PR I set today just completely out of this world.  It was tough, but wasn't me fighting for my life for every inch.  Improved leverages are going a long way for certain, but I'm also really getting the benefits of my training cycle.

The giant sets continue to prove effective, and I just keep taking more stuff on as I can handle it.

I'm honestly over the moon on that pull.  I felt myself get a little emotional when it was over, which is why I cut the max effort work after that.  Took a page from Dave Tate who took it from Louie that, when you hit a PR on max effort work, shut it down.  Part of it was elation of still having those PRs, and the other part was coming out of it on the other end still alive.