Deadlifting

Today I came to the club with a little surprise. I assumed I would be starting my first week of squatting heavy but I was pleasantly surprised that I still had one more week of testing - Conventional DL Max effort.

Which also means I have one more max out session on upper body - SHIRT MAX - vera naaice!

Today went something like this...

132x10 398x1
198x8 418x1 PR - felt smooth
264x5 428x1 Miss - picked it up....and put it right back down
309x3
352x1

I PR'd at 418 and it felt great. It didn't FEEL heavy - my speed felt good and my lockout felt strong - I think I just need to keep smashing weight in order to get stronger.

One additional surprise is that my max out sumo-pulls was pretty much the same. I don't know how to interpret these results. I don't see it as a bad thing, good thing, just an odd thing. I thought for sure my sumo would have been stronger.

My goal for the end of this phase is going to be a lockout with 428. Like I mentioned, I got if off the floor. "So, I got that going for me."

One last tid-bit. I have recently been exposed to the documentary Food Inc., Food Matters, and The Beautiful Truth. I highly recommend these documentaries in hopes they inspire you as they did me. Besides all the little factoids and anecdotal proof/testimonials which absolutely blew me away. Watching these documentaries have shed a little light onto my perspective of the pursuit of knowledge. After viewing these peoples opinions on the topics they discuss I wouldn't say I am would just drop everything and "drink the juice." But there are it helped me see that there is so much more the world can offer us, how much we take things for granted, and that there is so much more hope for everyone if people just took the time to educate themselves. All three documentaries just had a huge underlying theme, laziness. Whether it is diet/nutrition or other forms of medicine (topics covered by these films)we just accept one's professional opinion as the end all be all truth. I say, watch the films, read up on the materials covered, investigate, seek answers on all ends. Then form your opinions.

The word of the day: Self-educate

Wake - up World, Stop be lazy, investigate, learn, analyze & assess, ... take action

If I can quote a movie(pretty much the opposite of these above mentioned documentaries) National Lampoons Van Wilder.

"Apathy is the glove in which evil slips its hand into. -- Write that down."