Day Three, Week Three: Deadlifts--Plus New Personal Best!

Today was my last deadlift workout before the YMCA Seattle Summer Classic next Saturday, and it was a great one. I felt supercharged, and had planned on lifting a new best of 530 for my last lift, but skipped it and successfully lifted 540! I'm pumped!

Now the difficult task of deciding what I'll attempt in competition. I'm thinking I'll open with 232.5 kg., or 511.5 lbs. I've successfully lifted more than that for 3 weeks in a row. As it turns out, according to the latest USAPL Washington State Men's Open records, the record deadlift in my weight class and RAW division is 262.5 kg., or 578.7 lbs. It's a long shot, but I might be able to beat that on my third lift, so for my 2nd attempt I'll cut the difference nearly in half at 245 kg., or 539 lbs. Finally, if successful in my 2nd lift, perhaps I'll aim high at 265 kg., or 583 lbs. It'll be last lift of the day, so heck, why not?

Deadlift Day
Exercise	6/2 2010	6/10 2010	6/17 2010	Week Four
Deadlift	135x3	135x3	135x3
	225x3	225x3	225x3
	315x2	315x2	315x2
	405x1	425x1	430x1
	455x1	475x1	480x1
	475x1	495x1	500x1
	495x1	515x1	520x1
	505x1	525x1	540x1
Seated Wide Grip Row	150x12 (P)	200x12 (P)	200x12 (P)
	170x12 (P)	210x12 (P)	210x12 (P)
	200x11 (P)	220x8 (P)	220x8 (P)
Underhand Pulldown	165x12 (P)	165x12 (P)	165x12 (P)
	175x10 (P)	175x12 (P)	175x12 (P)
	175x10 (P)	180x10 (P)	180x10 (P)

(P) Machines at the PRO Club