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January 2, 2005
a new new year's tradition
since i did it last year, that makes it a tradition: new year's deadlift 1RM testing.
oddly enough, i evidently failed to record last year's new year's 1RM, but I remember that it was between 285 and 300. Probably 295.
this time, I pulled 335, 10lbs more than my previous DL 1RM, with no special DL training for many many months.
the logbook for today says:
DL : 2x4x185 3x205,255 2x295 1x335 + yell! 2x0x350
i tried twice for a 350, but failed. the second time, i didn't even see the swirly pretty colors. bogus!
this was with the mysteriously sore groin muscles and abs that i picked up some time after 1AM 1/1/2005. Hmmmm.
the 325 1RM was attained some time around March or May, after a short cycle of sheiko powerlifting training, which was successful in increasing my SQ and DL, but not stellar in increasing my BP (my perpetual laggard).
325 to 335 is not a great improvement, but considering the erratic and lackadaisical nature of my training for the last 6 months (reaching a nadir in the last week), I am thrilled to have an increase and not a decrease. 295 seemed easy. I might have pulled 350 instead of 335 if I'd tried that first. Oh well.