17 April 2013-Facing down trepidation....

I know what I had written in my book for training today. But that never means anything until the lifting starts. Worked up to something i have not truly touched since Nov of last year. The day before Surgery in fact. Butterflies and trepidation be damned i walked away feeling satisfied and strong (for 1.35 min anyhow, i can't stay satisfied ). The process continues in rebuilding my Deadlift.

Warm Ups:
Skipping 3 min 10 sec On /10 Sec Off
Rainbows 2 x 10
GHR 3 x 10
Monster Walk 2 x 10
Side Step 2 x 10
TKE's 2 x 20

Done before during and After Deadlifts:
Head Harness (210 reps)
6 x 35 x 25 lbs

Post Surgery Awesomeness!

Deadlifts
2 x 5 x 135
1 x 5 x 185
1 x 5 x 205
1 x 5 x 225
1 x 5 x 250
1 x 5 x 275
1 x 5 x 315
1 x 5 x 340

The 340 lbs x 5 i am very happy with. Only 100 lbs to go to match my PR. The 340 lbs felt good in my hands. Not too heavy. The Knee was extremely stable and is coming along nicely. Especially compared with  3 weeks ago where i had to consciously keep it engaged. I was originally considering doing some drop sets with 225 lbs for extra volume but as i looked at the number of reps i was completing did not think it was required. Also i was pretty burned after the last set. So going into Front Squats i was going to focus more on holding technique and less on push lots of weight.

Front Squat
1 x 10 x bar
3 x 10 x 95 lbs
Banded Triceps (250 reps)
2 x Back Band 50 reps super set w/Orange Mini Bands 75 reps

That was it for today. Glad i backed off yesterday. I did feel i caught up on my sleep a little bit. But with i more super early morning tomorrow it might be tough.

Keep Moving Forward, Keep Getting Strong(er)