We worked up to a heavy deadlift single. I PR'd by 20lbs. Afterwards we ran some sprints and I tweaked my right ankle a bit. I took some ibuprofin and iced it the rest of the evening.
325#
The lift. Thanks to Adam for taking this for me. I'm glad I didn't know he was doing it at the time though. :)
Update:
Kelly posted some good thoughts on deadlifting on the main site.
Let's get a few things straight:
1) Deadlifting is vital for the development of the complete athlete. Period.
Typically the more you can deadlift, the better you move through the athletic world.
2) Deadlifting is as elemental a movement as exists. We pick things up off the ground all the time. Some of these things are heavy. You have to plan and train for this contingency.
3) Deadlifting packs an enormous neuroendocrine wallop. You brain and pituitary recognize this movement as important and flood your body with hormones and pre-hormones that reinforce this hip extension. And this chemical response makes you a younger, more healthy animal.
4) If you want a sexy, small, rock-hard butt that works you should be deadlifting.
(Who doesn't right?)
5) Deadlifting trains the athlete to maintain a neutral spine under load while extending the hip. This potentially prevents blown out discs and flexion related back injuries.
1 comment:
Dial - love your blog. I have been checking it out pretty consistently. Keep up the good work, congrats on the DL PR.
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