BuckSpin - A Year Of Change

Under my Forums avatar is a series of what appear to be random numbers:

848|88 & 10410|1010

Its not the da Vinci code or anything, but they do stand for something. The 848|88 is for Straight Leg Dead Lifts. The 10410|1010 is for Rack Deadlifts.

The numbers mean "8 plates for (get it? "for") 8 reps by August 8th" & "10 plates for 10 reps by October 10th."

10410 is history. Last Thursday it went down.

On my favorite training day (Back Day) my Rack Pulls progressed like this (bar just below knees):

Warm Up: Bar x 10 WU, 225×10 WO, 295×5, 365×5, 425×5

The last WU set felt good. I usually do 3. Did 5. I was scheduled for a working set of 485 in that I had opened with 475×10 last time. But I felt good, Metallica was blarin’, so I went for it.

Got 11. 10411! 495×11!

Felt awesome.

Finished up with 515×5 & 535×2 (a new PR for me)

One down, one to go.

And on the 848 a week ago I finally pulled (after working sets of 365×8 & 385×4) 405×1. First time I have been able to lock out 8 plates straight leg.

So the chase for 848 is on.

I’m already thinking that 12412|1212 sounds cool….

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