Your mother-in-law is more at risk than your son. Infants seem to be asymptomatic by and large.
Not the silliest decision in the world to postpone, though.
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Oh really? That provides me a bit of relief. We will just monitor the situation for now, a lot can change in 3 weeks!
Chili made from recipe in @flappinitās log.
Bok choy, mushroom and spinach in 5 eggs. Cheese and sriracha on top.
Steak and bell peppers. Not shown, yogurt (2), banana, prunes, cheese.
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I would worry about being quarantined or some crazy BS on your way home.
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Missed my workout yesterday as my house stuff is keeping me pretty busy. Contractors were complaining about using a stepladder to get in and out of the house (deck has not been built, so entrance is ~3ā off the ground), so I built a temporary set of stairs out of scraps from the garage last night.
It was easy to keep calories low since I was busy and did not have food available to me!
Woke at 216.0lbs, new low!
Should be able to get my deadlifts in this evening.
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Itās not a bad idea to postpone. Iām a little surprised at the panic over coronavirus, when you compare it statistically to the flu, but the elderly is disproportionately affected and itās just too terrifying to take any risks with a baby.
Anyway, just my Ā£0.02 (I canāt do the exchange rate)
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03/05/2020
Off Script Deadlift Workout I blame @chris_ottawa for this one
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 2
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1
535 x 1
605 x 1 - ooh yeah, happy with how smooth this was. Wasnāt sure how it was going to feel.
635 x 1 - smooth, but heavy.
Decided to call it at 635. I havenāt touched a deadlift over 445-455lbs since November. November was when I hit a grindy 600lbs, so Iām happy to see that my deadlift is back where it should be. Throw in a proper peak and a deadlift bar, and that 700lb deadlift could be mine in May! My back stiffened up pretty quick last night though, but was instantly relieved with heat, so that is good. Just woke some muscles up out of hibernation and they flipped me the bird.
I did a couple down sets of triples at 405, and then some banded lats pulldowns, but not much to report. Should have a chance to get a video up in a couple hours.
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Itās probably better this way, I donāt really like the idea of not doing any remotely challenging deadlifting for months. Even if you are trying to prioritize your squat and be careful with recovery, there is no reason why you canāt pull heavy at least once a month. But again, Iām not Swede Burns.
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So I looked back and it was actually September 15 when I hit my last heavy DL.
Here is the recent workout:
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hell yeah Sleepy, but that bar down so slowly Iām certain that you plates are made from glass.
Quality
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Here was my last crack at 600lbs from back in September, happy to see this progress.
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Congrats in that PR! Amazing lift and 700 lbs in May sounds pretty amazing.
That might actually add to your back soreness. The eccentric phase is the one that causes the most muscle damage. Which is the reason why lifts with no eccentric at all leave your muscles a lot more fresh (think sled pushes).
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Sleepy always puts the bar down gently, I love it.
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Thanks Ko, not a PR but some recent progress after a tough 2019 for lifting. I hit 678lbs in 2018, so Iām still working my way back up to that! Hopefully 700 is in the cards.
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Thanks Mort, seems to be habit more than anything!
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Smooth pull there sleepy!
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Wow, great pull man! How do you switch between sumo and conventional? Or is that a feels thing?
Also, LOL at that missed plate on one side.
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Thanks Whang, heavy deadlifts are my happy place.
Thanks John, it was actually an easy/obvious switch for me. I deadlifted conventional for a long time (10+ years) and then started playing around with some squat-stance/semi-sumo and sumo pulls. I could tell that sumo aligned with my leverages as I could nearly match my conventional DL without having ever trained it. Unfortunately, it seemed to aggravate my hips when I went sumo. I got away with training semi-sumo for awhile, but eventually had to fix my hip issues. Glute/hamstring weakness is what I determined to be the cause. Adding a little more focus on bringing up my glutes/hamstrings and the hip pain seemed to subside.
Now it is no competition between my sumo and conventional and I have a much better ability to grind doing sumo because my back is in a much more upright, safe position.
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That 635 flew up man, solid pull.
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Stop calling me to the dark side 
lol @guineapig
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