Deadlift, Pullups, Asst Work

Deadlift 3-3-3
365
375
385 (PR)

5x Max Rep Pullups, Deadhang with minimal kip towards the end of the sets:
11(PR), 8, 8, 7, 5

Max Rep C2D Pushups:
38

3x15 GHD Sit Ups

4x5 Slow Pullups on the pullup assistance machine. Slowly pulled up and lowered slowly as well.

1 mile run @ 90% pace, ~6 minutes
COMMENTS

• General: Happy with the 2 PR's today, especially on deadlift. I've PRed 4 times this week in 3 training sessions, which is always motivating. I hurt my back on the last set so I need to be careful with tomorrow's training session. I think the pushups might've been a PR for the standard I set, which is great because I haven't been doing them. Clearly the dips and everything else are working well. Tomorrow I will be box squatting if my back is OK for the first time in over a year. I'm interested to see how that goes.
• Nutrition: Good, day 4
• Body: My lower back really hurts from whatever I did to it but other than that I felt pretty good today.
• Sleep: 9.5 hrs
• Reflections: Today I met a guy at my gym who trained at Westside Barbell for several years. The guy gave me some advice on my deadlift, telling me it was really solid minus the part where I was locking my knees out too quickly, making the last foot or so of the pull a stiff-leg deadlift. I worked on it for my remaining 2 sets and felt the difference, so I'm going to be conscious about that from here on out. He also told me I have the wrong belt for powerlifting and that if I get an actual powerlifting belt (run about $200) all my lifts will fly up even faster. I'm not going to get one now but I probably will in the future, like this summer. Tomorrow is a heavy day, then a run on Saturday. Looking forward to the weekend.