BruteForce: Power Overwhelming

[bruteforce]

Hard day today on the ego. My deadlifts are getting weaker, and it kills me. Tweaked my right upper trap today, so did some rep work on deads which felt better.

Deadlift
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
365 x 1
415 x 1
415 x 1 - straps, couldn't hold on to anything. part of it is sweat, part of it is grip
315 x 4 x 5

BTNP
Bar x 10
95 x 5
115 x 4 x 5 - felt pretty good

Cable Low Row - Parallel close grip
50 x 5 x 10 - I'm not convinced its only 50 pounds, feels closer to 100, but who knows

[MikeM]

Hey, any day with some 415 deads can't be all bad! You'll bounce back soon.

Yeah, cable machine numbers mystify me too. I don't believe them and simply count the pin hole as the way to not let them mess with my mind.

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by MikeM

Hey, any day with some 415 deads can't be all bad! You'll bounce back soon.

Yeah, cable machine numbers mystify me too. I don't believe them and simply count the pin hole as the way to not let them mess with my mind.

Thanks Mike. Yeah, I shouldn't complain about 415 so much, but before I messed up my neck I could get 10 singles in under 10 minutes with it, so I'm feeling sorry for myself. I just need to belly up to the bar and drop the weight back down for a few weeks and work back up to it.

[Off Road]

Ya, quit feeling sorry for yourself, it's a strong pull.

[BendtheBar]

Where were your deads about 6 weeks ago Brute? Is this a temporarily stall or have you felt weaker a couple weeks in a row?

[bruteforce]

This has been the worst week so far. Last week I felt weaker, but the numbers looked ok. This week I hit PR's on Monday but couldn't get anywhere near last weeks deadlifting. Pre-injury, so about 8 weeks ago, I hit a 455 deadlift and was getting 425 for 5 singles, then didn't deadlift for about a month. 415 for 10 hasn't happened since about the first of the year.

All of that was done during an aggressive bulking phase as well, rather than my current cut, which could be playing a part.

[BendtheBar]

Yeah that could be. My deadlift more than anything responds to food.

[SeventySeven]

415 deadlift of win

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Yeah that could be. My deadlift more than anything responds to food.

I hope so. I'll talk more about this in the Brute Eats thread, but I'm thinking my IF experiment may be put on hold for a while. I have to accept that I am actually diabetic and when I don't eat my liver rebels and generates glucose to compensate, but it doesn't raise my blood sugar high enough to get insulin to kick in and bring it back down, so I'm running an average of 95 rather than the 80ish I like to see.

Originally Posted by SeventySeven

415 deadlift of win

Thanks 77!

[bruteforce]

Pretty decent day today. Not what I wanted, but I worked hard, so it wasn't a waste.

Bench
Bar x 10
95 x 10
135 x 10
185 x 5
205 x 3
205 x 2
205 x 2
220 x 1.9 - Almost 2, but i drifted back towards my face and the spotter helped me get the bar back where it belonged
205 x 2
205 x 2
205 x 3 singles
185 x 5
185 x 2 - set up too far back
185 x 5

Squat
Warmup
235 x 3
235 x 2
235 x 1 - could have had more, but some jackass walked up and hooked straps up to the rack during my set, so i just ditched the bar and yelled at them for a few minutes rather than risk injury
185 x 0 - too pissed off to focus on anything

Pendlay
115 x 7 x 5

Power Snatch
115 x 1