[quote]Dave-P wrote:
Interesting you say about deadlift PRs - I put 40kg (90lbs) on my deadlift in a month by maxing each week, either with max singles or occasionally max reps 5/3/1 style. That was the fastest improvement on any of my lifts ever. But i’m weaker than you and I was eating like crazy so make of it what you will!
Hope your back feels better dude.[/quote]
Holy shit, that’s insane. I never had a lift go up THAT fast! Ha, ha…just goes to show: heavy lifting + food = success. 
I wouldn’t want to pull heavy every week because I’d probably die lol, but every other week should be fine. The light weeks would basically be DE work.
Thanks for chiming in man. And don’t you worry about the back; it’s fine. 
April 27, 2011 (Cycle 6, Week 2)
Warmup
Shoulder Dislocations - 2x12
Reverse Hyper - (BWx15)x2
Push Press
115x5
140x3
145x3
155x3
175 x lolwut?
175x1
Wanted to try 175x3 today, but push pressing felt so awkward due to shaky legs…must’ve been the zerchers. For some reason, I stepped backwards on the first 175 attempt and missed it, but I got it up for a relatively smooth single the second time. Pullups were staggered with a couple of the sets.
Barbell Row
175x5
205x6 (shitty reps)
135x13 (underhand)
------mechanical dropset------
135x13 (overhand, rest-paused)
Not good on these today.
Dip
BWx8
BW 35x8
BW 45x5
BWx8
I could normally do this kind of weight like it’s a joke when I’m using my power, but I tried going slower to try and work the muscles a little better.
April 29, 2011 (Cycle 6, Week 2)
Warmup
Reverse Hyper - (BWx15)x3
Deadlift
135x5
225x5
275x3
305x5
325x5
345x4
Tried different form today. Felt pretty good up until the 345 set, in which I got a painful lower back pump and I stopped. Yes, it’s irritated again. I think that my hamstrings may be too weak to handle the weight, so it’s being shifted to my back and rounding. Too fast with weight perhaps?
Played around with various shit today…not worth logging. Going to take a two-week deload (rest of cycle) to heal this bitch once and for all.
That seems to be the thing: less thinking, more heavy lifting and FEASTING! Lol, I’d say do what has worked man. My deadlift went from 350-450 over a few months by doing the same thing pretty much. Eventually got sick of going for a heavy PR every week though, and my squat/bench didn’t increase much while doing that.
[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
That seems to be the thing: less thinking, more heavy lifting and FEASTING! Lol, I’d say do what has worked man. My deadlift went from 350-450 over a few months by doing the same thing pretty much. Eventually got sick of going for a heavy PR every week though, and my squat/bench didn’t increase much while doing that.[/quote]
Yeah, I’d rather have a big deadlift than a big squat, honestly. In my opinion, the deadlift is the ultimate test of strength.
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
That seems to be the thing: less thinking, more heavy lifting and FEASTING! Lol, I’d say do what has worked man. My deadlift went from 350-450 over a few months by doing the same thing pretty much. Eventually got sick of going for a heavy PR every week though, and my squat/bench didn’t increase much while doing that.[/quote]
Yeah, I’d rather have a big deadlift than a big squat, honestly. In my opinion, the deadlift is the ultimate test of strength.[/quote]
Word.
The squat is too technical almost lol. Deadlift is simple: pick up the heavy ass weight on the ground 
[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
[quote]ashylarryku wrote:
That seems to be the thing: less thinking, more heavy lifting and FEASTING! Lol, I’d say do what has worked man. My deadlift went from 350-450 over a few months by doing the same thing pretty much. Eventually got sick of going for a heavy PR every week though, and my squat/bench didn’t increase much while doing that.[/quote]
Yeah, I’d rather have a big deadlift than a big squat, honestly. In my opinion, the deadlift is the ultimate test of strength.[/quote]
Word.
The squat is too technical almost lol. Deadlift is simple: pick up the heavy ass weight on the ground [/quote]
Yeah. I want my deadlift to be my best lift. It’s my favorite. I think that I have pretty good deadlift proportions; my arms are only a few inches above my kneecaps when hanging straight down, and I have relatively large hands. It’s the taller, thiner lifters that make the best pullers, I heard.
A few inches above your kneecaps? My hands go down to mid thigh haha.
In a PL meet it would totally demoralize your competition if you come in the pull a huge DL for a win.
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
A few inches above your kneecaps? My hands go down to mid thigh haha.
In a PL meet it would totally demoralize your competition if you come in the pull a huge DL for a win.[/quote]
Yup. The deadlift can either make or break a meet. 
Do good, and you seal in your total.
Edit: On second thought, I think that I’m around mid-thigh, too. My fingertips are a few inches above, but that’s a different story than from my palms.
May 2, 2011
Dumbbell Stepup
20’s x some/some
50’s x some/some
70’s x some/some
60’s x some/some
Meh, never do these. Didn’t feel all that good TBH; probably don’t do them right, lol.
Hyperextension - (BW 45 x go apeshit)x2
------superset------
Reverse Hyper - (BWx lots)x2
Played around with other things, too. Like some ab wheel rollouts, goblet squats and bodyweight box squats with a band around my legs. Wanted to do hip thrusts today, but it was too crowded.
May 4, 2011
Warmup
Shoulder Dislocations - 2x12
Close Grip Bench Press
(135x3)x3
155x5
175x5
190x3
210x4 (PR)
(165x5)x2 (wider grip; middle of knurlings)
155x8 (paused, slid towards the pins; had to rack it after the 5th)
I wanted five and it felt a little sloppy, but it’s a PR and I’ll take it.
Neutral Grip Pullup
(BWx10)x3
Dip
(BWx12)x2
Also tried some Tate Presses for the hell of it, as well as more, various pullups with different grips and widths off of various apparatuses. Probably did at least an extra 20 in addition to what I logged.
Overall, fairly decent day. A lot of volume, too.
May 6, 2011
Warmup
Reverse Hyper - (BWx15)x2
Hang Clean
(135x5)x2
155x3
170x1 (easy)
185 x miss
Bar was too far forward and I couldn’t catch it. Lolz.
Hip Thrust
225x10
275x10
315x5
315x3 (bench started to slide backwards; had to stop)
A couple of Pallof presses…
End.
May 9, 2011
Warmup
Hip Mobility Work
Reverse Hyper - (BWx15)x3
Zercher Squat
135x5
225x3
255x3
275x3
305x1
325 x miss
Was planning on attempting 365, but 325 didn’t even get off of my thighs. Lol, epic fail today. Let’s just say that today was basically like an interval session in school today. My quads were tired too and I was sweating like a pig in my turtle-neck. I’m not trying to make excuses, but I figure that I might as well give an explanation since I just did 315x4 two weeks ago.
Snatch-Grip Deadlift
225x3
245x3
275x3
275x1
225x3
Trying to focus on not rounding, but I feel that I keep a stronger lower back arch when I let my shoulders and T-spine go forward a bit, as apposed to what I did here. Was going to do 315 for a quick single, but my back was irritable for some reason.
Did three sets of reverse hypers and played around with doing pullups with one hand holding onto an ab strap thingy.
May 11, 2011
Warmup
Shoulder Dislocations - 2x12
Close Grip Bench Press
(45 x some)x3
(135x3)x3
155x3
175x3
195x3
215x1
(220x1)x3
I stopped at the first rep with 215 because I knew that I wouldn’t get five by how it felt, so I did three singles @ 220. The first two flew up and I the 3rd stalled a little, but it was no problem. Fairly decent. Rather happy with this because I’ve been sprinting around a lot lately (being a kid and all) and my CNS was probably poop’d from the ghey zerchers on Monday. Just glad that I’m not missing reps TBH.
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
50’s x some
55’s x some
Did some odd gripped pullups
Dumbbell Row
100 x apeshit
125 x apeshit
Might work up to a heavy triple next week…
Lol @ apeshit. How many is apeshit anyways?
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Lol @ apeshit. How many is apeshit anyways?[/quote]
Lawl. As close to as many as I can (because you never “miss” a dumbbell row :P). Involves body English, rest-pausing, and a whole lot of sweat. Basically a Kroc row minus counting reps. I like it because when I don’t count reps, there’s no arbitrary quota; you just keep going. battle cry
[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
[quote]AquaCruzer wrote:
Lol @ apeshit. How many is apeshit anyways?[/quote]
Lawl. As close to as many as I can (because you never “miss” a dumbbell row :P). Involves body English, rest-pausing, and a whole lot of sweat. Basically a Kroc row minus counting reps. I like it because when I don’t count reps, there’s no arbitrary quota; you just keep going. battle cry[/quote]
Haha cool cool. I hear you on not counting. At times counting can put limits on yourself without you really knowing. Gahd I can’t wait to start having a day just dedicated to killing my back.
May 13, 2011
Warmup
Reverse Hyper - (BWx20)x3
Deadlift
135x6
225x5
275x3
(315x1)x2
These felt bad. 
Afterwards, I did some stiff-legs, but then I decided to give sumo deadlifting a go. The technique felt really natural and my back had no issues with it. So, I worked back up to 315 for three singles and then a touch and go set of eight, which I honestly could have repped out all night; it’s not a problem once I break it from the floor. It seems like the weight was actually being moved with the correct muscles. Really happy that I found something that can replace conventional deadlifting for the long-term, or at least until my back comes around again. Can’t wait until I get used to these.
Did other various shit like a few strict presses and some pullups, but nothing really worth logging.
Glad you found a way around the back issue.
So you’ve gone to the dark side that is sumo? Haha, just kidding. Glad you found something that works for you.