Deadlift your way to happiness

Yesterday was a great day. Fun work out in the morning then I went to the gym in the evening at the same facility where my little girls go for their performance classes. It is a small facility, with the main weight room being no larger then 400 sq.ft. It is the only location around here that has a bonafide Olympic platform and weights. I have to laugh a little every time I go there because of all the young guys doing their workouts. There is a bunch of guys who are obviously high school or team mates of some sort and they are all well muscled. But they do their ten reps and then stand around talking for 5 minutes about whatever then go back to their ten reps. No sweat, no hair out of place, no intensity. I don't mean to call into question their commitment to their bodies, at least how good they look. But if you train without "balls out" intensity, in a way you are wasting your time. So there they are doing their seated dumbbell shoulder press, and I launch into 115lb thruster/push up/power clean/ clean and jerk series that I felt like doing and for fifteen minutes, I am going as hard as I can, as many reps as possible. Breathing hard, sweating like a who knows what, and intense. It was fun to see the guys reaction. Needless to say, I got some respect when I was done and walked out of the room.

This morning though, we did a thruster (30 sec)/rest/pull up(30 seconds) WOD, 30 seconds AMRAP (As Many rounds As Possible), 30 sec rest, for three rounds. I have a slight twinge in my left shoulder which caused me some grief in the press but it felt good. This was after building up to a 305lb deadlift which matches a personal record (PR). However, the last time I did 305 I was incapacitated as I let my form slip as did a disc in my lower back. That was 6 months ago. I feel confident 320 is well within my abilities.

Had a long day coating floors today so I certainly felt yesterday's and this mornings workout in my back but it's been a great week.

Tomorrow is a rest day and getting ready for the Intercity Challenge on Saturday.