Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Frank (8/10): Deadlift

Squat
5x45, 5x135, 5x185, 5x225, 3x275, 3x315
3x365 @ 9
3x365 @ 10
3x365 @ 10
3x365 @ 10
3x365 @ 10
3x365 @ 10
Ugh, just awful. Some of the reps were solid, but I had trouble keeping my chest up for the majority of the reps. Everything just seemed wobbly.

Deadlift
5x135, 5x225, 5x315, 3x365, 3x405, 1x455, 1x495, 1x545
1x585 @ 10
1x585 @ 10
8x405
8x405
Quite tough. The second was a grinder.

Ab Rollout: 3x5

4 comments:

  1. What does @ mean here? Thank you.

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  2. The @ is a Rate of Perceived Exertion. A guide to the scale can be found in these two places:

    http://people.csail.mit.edu/beckmann/misc/pl/rts-notes.pdf
    http://www.reactivetrainingsystems.com/articles/training-articles/2521-shoulder-injury-and-prevention

    I do this for a number of reasons, but one is to track progress, so if I hit a 500 @ 10 on week and a 500 @ 9 the next, I've made progress. It also helps me autoregulate, so I will, for example, avoid hitting too many 9s or 10s (mostly...this session was an aberration) to prevent me from driving myself into the ground.

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  3. Thank you. Really helpful.

    Seems like you've got a club at MIT or something. I am in Berkeley and
    just couldn't find many powerlifting fans, not to say a powerlifting
    club on campus. Really great to see your's guys traning logs online.

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  4. It's more of an informal group of friends than a proper club, but if there's no club there, you should start one! Sometimes people just need to know that the opportunity is there.

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