Reaching A Personal Best.

• By vishwa on Training

• December 9, 2010

I am glad to state that I reached a personal best in dead lifting on a trap bar:  370 pounds excluding the bar.  Allow me to explain on how it all happened today.

As a pre-warm up  I started rolling on the foam roller, for I have felt that the foam roller increases my lower back flexibility. I then went through my lower body warm up ritual, and  I surprisingly felt that my right knee was not troubling me anymore.  As I had stated  earlier in a previous blog entry that I have stopped squatting because of my knee pain.  It has been three weeks since I squatted, and my nagging knee pain has reduced to quiet an extent. And today, my knee felt absolutely right on.  So, today I straight away headed to 50 pounds on each side for my first warm up set and felt pretty good.  I then progressively increased the poundages and reduced the reps from 5 to 1.  Two weeks before I had lifted a personal best of 350 pounds and today when I reached the above stated poundages, I felt pretty strong and thought that I could lift more.  I then loaded the bar up to 370 pounds and was prepared to go for the kill.

I was as usual playing Rocky’s tape in the gym, for I have heavily relied on them whenever I am training  heavy.  I then chalked my hands.  I wore my sweater again as I felt a tinge of   winters cold.  I didn’t want anything  to get into my way, for I wanted  to beat my previous record.  Finally, I braced up by wearing my lifting belt.  I clearly visualized that I could lift the bar up.  I could also sense that my arousal level was pretty high.  Then slowly but steadily I lifted the bar up and stood for a second and then dropped it back again.  I had lifted a personal best, but I could also sense that my technique had diminished to a minimal extent.  That is usually acceptable whenever someone is lifting very heavy.

I was glad that I could make it.  At the same time, I felt that I was a pretty crazy man.  We who all belong to the lifting Cult find great happiness in lifting  great amount of weights, which may sound bizarre to a person who is not involved in the Iron Game.