Wednesday Training: Deadlift/Bench

After dealing with my truck for 2 days it was nice to get back in the gym. For whatever reason I decided to try and deadlift from the floor instead of off a 3" pad. I was hoping it wouldn't bother my back and it didn't. I may readjust my training max so I can ease into the extra range of motion. I had such good success with the deadlift by being smart. No reason this trend shouldn't continue.

• Deadlift Warm-ups: 3x5
• FBB Bench Warm-ups: 3x5
• Pull-aparts: 50
• Deadlift: 225x5/255x5/295x5/3x5@225
• FBB Bench: 175x5/205x5/235x5/3x5@175
• Pull-ups: 6x5

I organized this one a little differently because of time constraints. Once I was warmed up I did the work in 28 minutes. It was a nice change while still following the basics of the plan. Twenty four hours later my back feels great! No issues whatsoever. All in all, I feel very good. I'm very happy with the plan and it seems to be working well. I realize the numbers I'm using aren't very heavy, but when I "test" myself things are coming along nicely. The best part is that I'm not training heavy, I'm not beat up and I'm still making progress. No need to train heavy all the time. It just leads to injury, especially in my advanced training years. The addition of consistent conditioning work should be a nice touch, as well. Simply more movement than usual. I have no doubt it will pay off.