Getting Stronger

Was that last post a little too weird? Probably. I recently finished watching the Twin Peaks series (created by David Lynch, the director of Dune) and if you know anything about his films, you'll understand.

So back to normal. The strength workouts are working ... I think. I put up 185lbs in a push press today which I think is a PR ... it at least ties a PR. More importantly, I GOT A 400lb DEADLIFT!!!!!!!!! You read that correctly. I had been stuck in the 360-370 range for a while. Last week I did 380 with Brian. Pretty excited. Today I was planning to work up to 3 sets of 3 heavy deads. As I was working up everything felt so good, I decided to go for it. First try, success. And let the record show it was actually a 403lb deadlift (stupid 20kg plates robbed me of two pounds).

Excited, I dropped down to finish my 3x3 deads that I wanted to do at 385 ... WRONG. Couldn't lift it once. I dropped down to 375 and did one set of 3, then stopped. Nothing left for me. To make up for it I did Karen.

Now this is important. Doing less metcon in order to focus on strength could end up hurting me on metcon workouts. Well, not so bad. On Saturday I did Daniel in 18:17, on Monday I ran 4.5 miles at a 7:45 pace (which was pretty easy feeling) and after the push-press and deads today I did Karen (150 wall ball shots) for the first time in 8:30. And none of the sissy wallball. I used the big D-Ball and moved to the back of the box where the ceilings are 12 feet so I could do it legit. 8:30 is no stellar time, but I feel like I haven't lost metcon yet and I am building strength. Eventually I'll take that strength back to the metcons and set some PR's.

I love it when a plan comes together!

Thoughts for next time: I need more pictures.