today was a good day!
despite my ex fighting with me constantly for seven straight days and the fact that i have pulled or tore a muscle in my right leg (ham/glute are) i went to the gym today like a man possessed. started my back workout with reverse pulldowns, then bent to 2arm dumbell incline rows and bent barbell rows. 4 sets of each with the heaviest weight possible for 10 to 15 reps! intense training that left me and my two training partners spent!
its when you hit the point where you feel like you cant go on that seperates the men from the boys! and when gianni, my training partner suggested rack deadlifts (12" high) for our next exercise i know my only option was to gather myself and give it 100% effort!
first set was with 140kg (315lbs) for 15 reps, felt so easy and i could feel my lower back fill with blood from this set alone, next set 190kg (420lbs). bit of a big jump in weight but its best not to even think about it - just chalk up and put on my belt - all out for this set, i lost count at 12reps but i was told i did 16reps (not that it really matters)! third set and Csaba my second training partner put the weight up to 210kg and failed to pull it on two attempts! this only caused Gianni to go into a rage and he promptly put an extra 50kg on the bar and with the highest level of intensity banged out 6reps!! the whole rack was shaking and as he finished his set and looked at me there was only one reaction i could do!
i couldnt tell him that this was too big of a jump in weight for me, i couldnt think about my injury, i couldnt think about the fact that i never pulled this weight in the rack before or that im weaker pulling in the rack than from the floor . . . . they are all just excuses for the weak! there were too many eyes on me in the gym waiting to see what i would do next! again, i just chalked up and put on my belt set myself as tight as possible and pulled as hard as possible! as i locked out the first i knew i had more in me and managed to pull two more!!
ok so i didnt better my training partner but i did better anything i had done before and this is while im cutting and slightly injured! we went to seated cable rows then for seven sets of 15 reps weight ranging from 100kg (220lbs) to 150kg (330lbs) and back down again. the workout was finished with some ab work and i have to say it was one of the best back workouts in ages. that and the fact that when doing a front lat spread i noticed my v-taper has increased due to the inches i have lost on my waist . . . . . i have to say . . .today was a good day 
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