Back

Yesterday i did some back work. Still keeping it fairly basic. Did deficit deads, good mornings, and weighted pullups.

Deficit Deads (all with 25# plates): 21 toe touches, 21 with the bar, 12 x 145 (SL), 8 x 245 (SL), 5 x 345 (not SL), 3 x 395 (These were hard), then 1 x 445 (strapped the Inzer on for this un). Very pleased to lock 445. That was my basic warmup for real lifting 4 or 5 months ago, but after limping through last week barely above paraplegia, i was a li'l nervous about hanging 445 off'n me spine. Surely am sore today, but not like last week.

Might just keep 'er simple and stick with deficits through the season. I know i lost a bit of strength in my back, but i can't say it's noticeably affected my climbing in any wise whatever. On the other hand, i can't say that having shed the mass and glycogen, etc, saw me divested of a net gram. So if i'm gunna stay the same basic weight whether i'm strong or weak, i'll take strong, thankyouverymuch. And something that remains a question mark is whether i'd have found it easier to shed some ballast with the sprinting, dieting, etc, if i'd'a' had the extra metabolism in my backstraps revved to the redline. Not sure. I am hanging around the 195 mark, which is about 5 lbs of loss from the beginning of the season.