5km run at a slightly quicker pace today. Looking to do some lifting tomorrow.
295lbs is all I have back at home, so I had to make due with that today.
Conventional deadlift
5x135
3x185
3x225
3x275
3x295
Dimel deadlift (these have given me some insane upper back DOMS in the past)
5x135
5x185
5x225
5x275
3x5x295
Bent row
8x135lbs
3x8x155lbs
OHP
8x45lbs
5x65
5x95
3x5x115
Lateral & rear delt raise
3 supersets to failure with 20lb dumbells
Here’s a vid of the dimel deadlifts which have never failed to give me the worst upper back DOMS I’ve ever experienced. Hopefully they improve my lockout.
been reading about them dimel DL.
looks a bit like RDL but I suppose it isn’t.
care to explain?
From what I’ve gathered, the bar is not lowered as deeply as you would in an RDL. In an RDL you pretty much go as low as your flexibility can handle. For a dimel deadlift you stop a couple inches below the knee. The other main difference is that dimel deadlifts are done as explosively as possible, while rdls are slower and more controlled.
Might give these a try, my upper back is severely lacking.
5km run at a taxing(but not brutal) pace followed by several 100m half sprints
3x70m at 12 seconds per 70m, 12 seconds rest
4 sets, 1 minute between sets
Hard sprint session there man.
The last set must have been brutal.
It was much much harder than I thought it was going to be! I initially had it so I’d do 10 reps with 12 seconds rest in between. Realized after the 3rd rep that wasn’t happening so I changed it to 4 sets of 3
Deadlift
5x155
5x245
5x5x325
1x405
Incline db press
8x40
8x55
2x8x60
4 supersets of lateral and rear delt raises
Farmer walks
20 minute easy jog
Found a competitive track team to train with in the Fall. I’m aiming work up gradually until training starts. Apparently they’ve trained a few borderline Olympian sprinters, which means I’ll be one of the slowest if not the slowest in the pack. I’m looking forward to getting out of my comfort zone.
Today’s workout on grass:
4x30-40m from standstill, 100% effort
4x30-40m flys (maintaining max speed), 100% effort
3 sets of power skips
Speed started slowing during the last two reps of flys so I called it a day. Will be back on Saturday.
Went in extremely carb depleted today, but reasonably hydrated. Had nothing in the tank after deadlifts.
Deadlifts
5x5x335
OHP
5xbar
5x65
5x95
2x5x120
5x95
Pull-ups
2,4,6,4,2
Weighed in at 195 lbs
Edit: Forgot to mention that I’m at a new gym. My very first set of 335 one of the “trainers” came and told me to stop dropping the weight. He kept insisting that I had been dropping the weight. I told him I wasn’t going to be able to lower it much more slowly than that and he walked out the door. Never saw him again…dunno if he went to report me lolz
Bear in mind this is an Olympic lifting platform, pretty much designed so people can drop weight on the thing.
Had time for a quick sprinting session today:
4x30-40m max effort
2x30-40m fly
Definitely felt a little more “springy” than last session, but that could be psychological. Won’t really know until I start getting timed.
4x40m max effort from standstill
3x30-40m fly
3 sets of power skips for distance
Was feeling decent today. Hamstrings still sore from yesterday’s sprint workout but nothing too bad.
Deadlift
5x135
5x225
3x315
5x5x345
Incline barbell press
4x6x135lbs
Lateral raise & rear delt raise superset
3 sets
video of 5th set of deads:
nice and easy
yeah looking smooth as butter, nice.
Why can’t you lower the weight slower than you are? You wear straps for all your sets and it’s not like lowering it slower will hurt in terms of technique, especially since things are so light right now.
I can do a full, 3 second eccentric with a lighter weight but that’s not what I’m after right now. I definitely think there is a lot to be gained from slow eccentrics, and it’s not like I’m dropping the weight. The room is small and generally pretty quiet, so even “slowly” putting a weight down can reverberate through the room.