Just when I thought I was getting the hang of Deadlifting in as little as two months, something brought me back, probably to a self-destructing stupid type of sense?  As I wasn't truly thinking and delving into the idea about what I was ACTUALLY doing which is:  Deadlifting!  OMFG!  I'm still in my fucking shock factor.  FUCK YOU! 

Like a man who finally gets the woman of his dreams and he's finally in bed with her and all he could say is, "Is this happening?  Is this truly happening?"  I feel the same way with Deadlifts.  This cannot be happening!  I've been waiting all my life and now that I'm here lifting this weight.  I'm making progress.  I'm close to the 200lb mark.  I'm living it up to the point where I just fucked myself on the NOT believing part after I WAS believing.

This is where the mental game has to be build up again..since it never stops.  And I know one of the key things to bring my game up to par is to add an extra day for Deadlifts.  I just started Deadlifting 2 months ago.  Before that I had a month where I wasn't as consistent and during, I was taking the time out to learn the form and technique itself.  This is pretty new to me.  I'm stumbling, going forward, taking a few steps back, but learning. 

So what do "jingles" and an extra day of Deadlifts have in common with one another?  Repetition.

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The above has a lot to do with a lot.  Evidently my hands and my brain.  What I thought would be easy is turning out to be anything but.  Moving on to last night I wanted to go for speed on Deads.  But that didn't go so well.  Then I did reps for time at 135lbs while focusing on a certain hold within the palm.  There are so many different types of grips.  I usually perform the mixed grip alternating.  But I'm still experimenting with double-handed over. 

The biggest problem is in the way in which I normally grip the bar (which is a little under my calluses) where it pushes and pinches my skin naturally since I have calluses built there already on the high part of my palm it doesn't do much.  But keeps me in a grip comfort mode and STILL pinches the SHIT out of my well-earned harden skin.  Still there are folks who believe there's a better place to hold the bar:  Place it higher up towards the crook and/or on the fingers almost to the point where the bar isn't resting on the heel of your palm.  Well, I tested it.  Felt nice. 

But it's going to take me time to build up on this particular grip/bar placement and pick up the same amount of weight I'm picking up currently (190lbs).  See I know I'm strong, but I never had complete faith in my grip to begin with.  This annoying belief has been introduced in my head years ago.  Probably started when I kept looking down at my thin wrists or playing tug of war and believing my team didn't win because of me.  Who the fuck knows? 

So, what does this mean?  Well, this is another mental hurdle.  And until I feel comfortable with a new grip/placement within the palm I'll be performing farmer walks/holds, holding the Deadlift at the top of the movement anywhere from 5-10 seconds among other gripping exercises to test my strength, concrete my faith and drive up the momentum of mental toughness.

Experimenting is half the battle.

-Pennington

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Now it's not easy for me to do a few Exercises/Lifts and call it a workout day, even if my workout session tends to be with another round of Cardio in some way or another.  But I'm learning and fucking adapting.  So I guess, I'm winning!

This evening I'm going to swap out my Bent-Over Rows for Chin-ups even though these hurt my right shoulder more than Rows.  However Rows have been giving me a slight problem lately in my program.  I get a slight twinge tingle that stems from my right wrist heads into the forearm and right into that already inflamed/injured shoulder.  So I'm going to swap it out. 

Worse case scenario is the Pull-ups could affect my shoulder more.  But I won't know exactly until during the exercise and fully the next day.  I'll take my chances.  Otherwise there's always another back exercise I can perform with no problem:  Inverted Rows.

Tonight's workout is simpler than Tuesday's nights and are as follows:


Will do my best to add in Cardio this evening as well because I'm still fat.

-Pennington