Workout Journal - Deadlift - 363 Pounds for 2 Reps

I got a new personal best in Deadlifts today, what makes it kind of interesting is that I almost didn't even make it into my CrossFit Class today because my knee has really been sore, yesterday we did a bunch of box jumps and it set off my knee pretty bad, I couldn't even take any anti-inflammatories because I was having a blood  test done today so there was no dulling the pain for me.

After doing the best I could to warm up my knee we started off with Deadlifts and my partner just kept putting on the weight, I figured it was easier to just do them than unload the bar each time and somehow I pumped out a set of two reps at 363 pounds (45 pound bar, 4x45 pound weights, 2x44 pound weights, 2x25 pound weights). I'm not going to lie, it was hard and my knee is letting me know that perhaps I should have taken it a bit easier :( Guess I will rest legs for a few days now...

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Workout Journal - Deadlift - 355 Pounds for 2 Reps

Quick Workout Journal update, today we did Deadlifts at my CrossFit Gym. Last Deadlift day I made it to 345 pounds, today I got up to 355 pounds for two reps but this was after doing four incremental sets of 8 reps topping out at 315 pounds. So I was a bit tired ;)

The goal is to continue getting stronger...

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Workout Journal - Deadlifts - 345 Pounds for Three Reps

Today at this mornings CrossFit Class we worked on our Deadlift Strength, we achieve this by doing sets of three reps each and working up to our max weight set. The last time I did this workout I got up to 315 pounds. It's been a while since I did this exact workout but I have been working on straight leg dumbbell Deadlifts at home and of course Front Squat and Back Squats which helps leg strength in general. Today I got right up to 345 pounds for three reps and this was after lifting a substantial amount of weight before my max 345 pound three rep set Deadlift.

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