04 March 2009
Deadlifts.....
I PR'ed a year ago at 365lbs. I had done it more than once. In high school I dead lifted 400lbs (poor form), I could do WOD like "Diane" with the deads unbroken. The deadlift was one of my favorite lifts, because I WAS strong. I hurt my back in April, during the '300' competition that a local globo gym had put on. Ironically it was the 135lb dead lift on the 2nd rep that threw my back out, or aggravated it again. Either case, I have not been able to lift more than 315lbs since then. Yesterday I tried to set a new PR of at least a little more than 315 and I did not feel strong enough to break 300. I stayed at 295 the whole time. I am not sure what the issue is. I do know that my back is not aligned correctly. But I am pretty it was not correct when I set those PR's prior to re-aggravating it. So I definitely need to restrengthen my back and I am going to do so by incorporating more deads into my personal programming. 295lb for me is just unacceptable.
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I do not want to sound like a kettlebell groupie, but it was not focusing on the deadlift, but doing more and more kettlebell work last year that finally got me out of the deadlift dead zone. In preparation of the TSC, I learned the KB snatch and would work on that and swings. I also did more RDL, focusing on pushing my butt back. I do not know if those 2 things did it, but soon afterwards, I finally broke out of the deadzone.
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