Deadlift (Rep Day) 6-17-13

Calves were incredibly sore.  Lots of stretching before lifting.  Felt pretty good going in to the workout though. 

Deadlift:

135 x 10 reps
185 x 10 reps
225 x 8 reps

Deadlift (Off 4 inch pins):

255 x 3 reps
255 x 3 reps

Bent Over Rows:

135 x 8 reps
135 x 8 reps
155 x 8 reps
155 x 10 reps

Seated Rows:

85 x 15 reps 
85 x 17 reps
85 x 15 reps
85 x 13 reps

Not a ton of weight today.  But its a rep day.  Can't go balls out all the time.  225 felt very easy in my hands.  I reset my grip twice.  I felt a twinge in my left lat during one of the reps.  The pulls from the 4 inch pins exacerbated it a bit.  I stretched some before doing the bent over rows.  Still felt it a little so didn't do too much.  And then decided to rep out on the seated rows at a lighter weight.

Still feeling pretty puny in the gym.  Weak and fat and normal compared to those dudes in there moving real weight around.  It will happen eventually.  I just need to keep working.  It takes time to build a mountain.  I have a good ability to build strength.  I've done it many times before.  And I'm starting off at a higher base strength than the last few times I've gotten in to the gym.  I need to make sure that that I keep in mind that the weakness I feel now is just temporary.  Its a transitional state.  Soon I'll be a pretty strong guy, the one of the stronger guys in the gym, then the strongest in the gym.