This is the beginning of the project 'Get a Third Deadlift'. For those who haven't been following me for a while, you may not know that I am notorious for being gassed out at the end of a meet and often only getting my opener. It's f*cking annoying. After rallying with Brian and asking Dave for some advice, I'm going to be deadlifting after squats in training, and possibly squatting after deadlifts on my second lower day. A big piece of this is conditioning, I'm often gassed after my main lift and I'm owning up to not putting enough effort into my accessory work. I was mentally shutting down after my main movement and doing the minimum required effort for whatever else was programmed on the sheet.
Times are-a-changing.
If you read my last post, you'll know I'm roughly six months out. I have a lot of time to build a solid base and start kicking my own ass to get into a special mental place for my secondary/accessory work.

Today I did just that.

High Box Squat
I received my new EliteFTS premium wraps in the mail just in time for this session and was stoked to try them out. I'll do a full review on them later on, but for a short synopsis, they are awesome, stretchy but stiff, thin and oh baby am I excited to get these cranked on.

Barx8
135x8
225x5
275x5
315x5
325x5
335x5

Speed Pulls
The goal here was, well, speed. I had a one-minute rest between sets, felt just a bit like cardio, weight was light enough that I could really go to town. I need to work on my wedge and patience before ripping the bar off the ground.

205x2x2
add a chain x2x2
add another chain x2x2

 

Hack Squat
This was supposed to be leg press, but my midget status prevents me from using the one at the gym we train at. Hack squats it is. I went to a very special place in my head and worked harder than I thought I could on this. It was fun.

25/sidex15
45/sidex15
70/sidex3x15

Reverse Hyper
My back was fried by the time I got to this point. Thankfully this actually made it feel better. Another machine that I wish I was a bit taller for, but I make do.
25x10
70x3x10

Cable Crunches
90x3x15

Side Plank
These are supposed to be banded oblique crunches, but I have yet to figure out how to do them without feeling like a motor moron, so side plank it is.

Squat Pro Good Morning
Not in the program, but Seth had about another hour left in the gym.
95x3x15

Treadmill Walk
I hate sitting in the gym waiting for Seth to finish training and doing nothing, it's boring and I feel like I'm wasting time. I decided to start doing really light cardio so I don't feel useless.
10mins low incline 3.5mph