Deadlift

Workout 18 January 2010:

Deadlift 1-10-1-20-1-30 reps

Results: 285-205-290-185-315-135lbs (Total 1415lbs)

Previous best: none

Today is a repeat of Saturday's rep scheme. Again, I'm a big fan of this new scheme since it allows work on a 1RM and it builds muscular endurance. In deciding the weight for the rep sets, I used the same approx 70-60-50% of 1RM formula. Although I'm thrilled to have pulled 315lbs for the last 1RM, I had no intentions of going that high. I did this workout after working nearly 30 hours and just added up the weight wrong when loading the bar. I was actually going for 295lbs. When doing the rep-sets for this workout, a very brief pause is allowed between reps as you start to fatigue, especially if needed to re-grip. Resting more than just a couple of seconds counts as failure.

See my 16 Jan post for strategy for this workout.