Sunday, March 27, 2011

Naked Deadlift PB

I better explain the title before I go into the training!

A deadlift is an exercise in weight lifting where the bar is picked up from the floor and you stand up, straight and tall. I've done some heavy deadlifts recently with wrist straps that help to give better grip and a belt to support the lower back. My best with straps is 235kg. Here's a 220kg effort from last year:


Before today, the most I could do without straps and just a naked grip was 180kg. Any more and my fingers would let go half way up. Anyway, here's the session:

3000m r20 - 1:54.4 pace on the indoor rower. Fairly tough, sweaty work.

Bench Squats (with a bench betwen the legs, bum to touch the becnk each time)
10 x 70kg
10 x 100kg
2 x 5 x 120kg

Back Squats (normal squats with bar along shoulders and traps)
5 x 150kg
2 x 180kg

Deadlifts (without straps)
10 x 100kg
2 x 3 x 130kg
1 x 170kg
1 x 185kg new PB 

Power Clean (bar from floor up to collar bone)
1 x 100kg comfortable, better than this previous effort



100m sprint - 14.4s - 1:12.4 pace r54 (indoor rower)
1000m - r15 - 1:55.5 pace
1900m cool down - 2:16 pace, heart rate steady at 145

6000m of indoor rowing work and some decent weights for leg and back strength. 

I need to ramp it up a bit before the 9th April though as I'm aiming for the 300m World Record and am about half a second off at the moment (44.6s v 44.1s). If I don't come off the seat and I get a decent warm up there's a chance, but I'd rather be confident knowing it was in the bag. Perhaps not enough time to get that bit...


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