Deloading at the end of the week here before concentrating squat and bench next week. It was kind of hard for me to "get into it" as a result, although I kept the intensity fairly high, so I did have to focus, but focus was definitely off. Still need to work on that, a lot.
I decided to play around a bit with foot position after watching some Klokov videos in which he was deadlifting with one foot forward (I think his right). I found out that he actually does it due to a leg length discrepancy, and therefore it actually feels better for him to do it that way, as opposed to merely doing it that way for variety's sake. Interestingly, I found that it actually felt better for me having my right foot slightly (about a half a foot length) forward. Obviously mechanics were changed and I don't think I was necessarily stronger that way (although submaximal weights during the warmup did feel a little lighter that way than conventional). Once I got to my working weight, I didn't really notice much difference in terms of how heavy the weight felt, but I may have to start incorporating that into warmups from here on out.
As always, there must be some balance between trying to "even out" imbalances and attempting to drive the movement itself up, which is why I think I'll probably stick with the conventional stance for my heavier work. That said, I think as I move forward and try to drive my power snatch up, the deadlift and its variants may begin to take more of a secondary role, meaning there will be more leeway for me to play around with it. In the end, I'll just have to experiment and see.
Deadlift - worked up to 315x3x3
A. Calf raise - 225 - 2x10
B. Ab wheel - 2x10
A. 1-arm DB RDL - 2x6/leg
B. 4-way neck - 15 lbs - 2x10/direction
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