Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Deadlifts

3 x 142.5kg Lifetime PR
16 x 100kg

142.5kg used all the weights I have and the huckery collars which are supposed to be 2.5kg. I'll take it as 142.5 for now and move up from that when I can.
142.5 is the most I've ever lifted. Ever. In my whole life.
I've doubled and tripled 140 several times, but never locked out 142.5. I think I may have gotten it off the ground a few times and never passed my knees. And that was when I was 10-13kg heavier (admittedly a good percentage of that 10 kg wasn't contributing to the effort) and training specifically to get bigger and stronger. I couldn't have run 400m unless I had a gun to my head. And I was 20 odd years younger. And using a belt.
Really chuffed, that one's been bugging me for a couple of decades now.
The 16 x 100kg was fairly solid. Not easy, probably not pretty, I haven't watched the video yet, just solid.

Thank-you Jeff.
And Kelly. The mobility work helps.

There's video if anyone wants to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz1X_FQ_QXk
Warning: It's nearly full summer here and the shed is hot and the humidity was at least a million percent, so I'm wearing shorts. The glare from the legs is a little blinding.