Another miserable fucking workout

Eric,


I am so fucking angry right now. Today's Deadlift workout was a DISASTER.


I did


455 x 1
475 x 1
495 x FAIL «— I failed at the knees. Fuck me…this should've gone up smoothly.
455 x FAIL
455 x FAIL


After that 495 attempt everything just went to shit. Fuck me. I hate this. Really.


Ashiem


ps: I am beginning the singles training 4 week cycle come next week. This workout was such a disaster I cannot count it as the first week. What a disappointing performance. This is the 3rd miserable deadlift workout in a row. How can anyone's body fail at lifting this many number of times. It must be some kind of a record to be this epically disappointing.


Ashiem you have been pushing the hell out of the deads. You probably just need some recoup time. But how many times have you ever done 495 that you should expect it to automatically go up smoothly. If you treat the singles workouts like this you will be beating your head against the wall.


I understand you being upset about the 455 failing after the 495 but it probably took more out of you than you thought. You did get 475. I've been pushing you really hard but you have to let go of "should" and "could" and all of that. You know this.


You are not an amalgem of every lift you've done in the past. You simply are what you are right now. You may have built on what came before but that does not mean what came before defines what happens now. What you are now defines that. So let what is BE. You've already forgotten when 400 pounds felt like a dream that would never happen!


Once you hit the 475 and failed at the 495 then 475 became your relative max. YOU could have went ALL THE WAY DOWN to 430 and you would have been perfectly fine and well within your goals for a singles workout. Instead you attempted to go right to ~96 percent of your relative just after a big attempt and fail. These are WORKOUTS. Not contests.


Next time go down lighter when these things happen. Take your time and build back up IF POSSIBLE. If not keep it low but just over 90%.