As I mentioned last week, I was wanting to see if I could break my deadlift goal on the trap bar. I figured instead of going through the week and possibly being tired and sore on Friday, I would do it on Monday when I was well rested and fed after the weekend. And it was the right choice. I was able to come in and warm up with a few lighter lifts and beat my deadlift goal with a lift of 455 pounds! I know that isn’t squat compared to many people but it was still big for me, especially after not being able to really lift for a few months.
I finished out the morning with a few leg exercises including doing a “run the rack (RTR) style where I go lighter but with no rest… and then went about the rest of my day. I got in plenty of steps, had an amazing day at work (especially compared to last week) and a relaxing evening. I did eat a tad bit more than I had planned, but the scale didn’t seem to be too upset at me, so I don’t feel too bad.
I am hoping sometime in the next few weeks to try to break my squat goal. I know my legs have been all I have been working on so I am hoping it is something that I can do, but my back sometimes doesn’t let me push that hard, we’ll have to see. Then I will just have to hope I can beat the bench press goal next year once I am fully healed.
I am glad I set these goals for myself. So far out of the six goals I set for 2019, I have beaten four of them. Not too shabby.
NOTES FOR THE DAY:
| Exercise | Reps | Volume/Time |
| Deadlift | 5×225/3×365/1×455 (New PR) | 2,675 pounds total |
| Leg Extensions | 10×100/10×110/10×120 (RTR) 10×80/5×70/6×60/5×50 | 5,060 pounds total |
| Leg Curls | 10×100/10×110/10×120/ (RTR) 10×80/8×70/7×60/10×50 | 5,580 pounds total |
| Landmine Squat Press | 10×45/10×55/10×65 | 1,650 pounds total |
| Incline walk | 8.5% | 10 min @ 2.5 mph |
| Eating/Tracking | Tracked everything and stayed in my limits but had extra | |
| Steps | 12,124 | |
| 250+ Steps Per Hour | 12 out of 14 | |
| Sobriety | 111 days |
** Denotes weight per hand
woohoo!!
😀 deadlift PRs make me happy!!