Monday, August 17, 2009

Veronica: Aug 16 - deadlift

Cardio
track -- 800m warmup + 200m fast + 400m + 100m fast + 200m
running in Boston -- 1.8 miles medium
running in Boston -- 1.8 miles slow/intermittent

Deadlift

55x5, 75x5, 98x5ishx2ish,108* x a bunch (did not count)
____*might have been 128 with a prior set at 108

Stretching
1 yoga class

This was Day #2 of trying to learn to deadlift correctly. Got lots of useful tips from Danny and Nate that I collected in a Word doc. 108lbs felt good, however I was not arching and also felt a little back twist on the last rep. Because of both these facts, I'll stick with two green plates next time and practice form a while...

3 comments:

  1. From what I could see, I thought the deadlifts looked really good, though I agree that it might be best to stay light while working on form and increase the weight slowly every workout.

    Plus, weren't you doing greens + two 10s on each side? That would be 128 (or 108 if it was only one 10). You're stronger than you think you are =).

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  2. Veronica -- did you and Shanker take the same calculus course (18.200A: "adding numbers in new and creative ways")?

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  3. Frank, thanks! Fixed it. 128 is better than I thought. Will keep practicing :)

    Danny, 18.200A was all full - so we cross-registered at "Clown College" instead..

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