It’s just not working
It’s been six weeks since my last meet where I deadlifted 480 for a PR. In that six weeks since, I’ve been trying a new cycle of lifting for all three lifts — squat, bench, and dead. At the end of the six weeks, I set a new RP for the squat at 430 (best +6), and although I haven’t max on the bench yet, I feel I’ll be adding some to my best there, as well. When I maxed out on my deadlift, however, I dropped by 25 lbs!!
So obviously, the cycle that I’ve been doing for my deads just isn’t working. I’ve always had a back that could take a lot of work. But on the last lifting cycle I kept the deadlift volume about the same but really decreased my accessory lifts.
I spent the last couple of days looking through a couple of years worth of logs evaluating what was working in the past. And it was the accessory stuff. I’m not talking about a huge amount of extra work, but enough to get that good workout in. I had decreased my accessory lifts by almost half. So now, it’s time to add them back in and see how far I can get before my August 15 meet.
July 9, 2009 at 10:25 am
Always good to have the old logs to look back on and compare. Looks like you have it figured out and with the extra accessory work you’ll get the DL back up and beyond in no time. Keep hittin it hard.