Deadlift / Pull-up

Sessions like this evening are probably my favorite. It's a no nonsense, simple couplet of a classic lift and bodyweight workout. In the spirit of the Mixer post over at the official blog, tonight was deadlifts and pull-ups. Due to equipment constraints, we partnered up and each started on a different piece. Tonight I progressed from pull-ups to deadlifting. I'm becoming more comfortable with the mixed grip, and can notice a difference in loads like tonight. Kelly corrected me tonight by having me move my hands about 3 inches closer together to take up just that little extra distance I had to lift the bar. I was able to link the lifts pretty well, and actually felt great about what is usually my poorest performance, the pull-up bar; I hit a PR the first round for consecutive pullups at 19.

The workout:

21-15-9 of

• Deadlift 225#
• Pull-Up