July 18-19, 2011: CF Total

Well, life occasionally interferes, but in this case, it wasn't traumatic.  I started out with the intent of doing the CrossFit Total: a rather lengthy workout consisting of a 1 RM of BS, followed by 1RM shoulder press, and then finally the deadlift.  It's time-consuming, mostly because if the rest necessary between successive max weight attempts.  So, I wound up having to take two days to do it.  I was running out of time and thus on July 18th managed only to finish the back squat.  A not unsatisfying 405lb, maybe I had 5-10lb in me, but that might be wishful thinking.  So, let me be more optimistic - I was very happy with that lift.  Given that I had done two workouts the day before, consisting of doubles of push-jerk and then 800m repeats, I couldn't be much happier.  This is in no small part due to that "magic juice" I started taking again - Progenex.  I don't pimp products and I've never been a "supplement guy" but whatever is in that shit is absolutely the cure for DOMS.  I don't know what they've come up with, but I have yet to be sore the next day if I drink the muscle recovery right after I workout.
July 19th was another semi-hectic day, but I managed (late) to get in the deadlift and press portions of the CFT.  These - there's no denying it - very happy.  A 455lb deadlift - only 10lb shy of my best ever - and a miss at 180lb press, but no big deal.

Here's a make at 175lb.  My elbow's still a little sore from a mild case of tendonitis and I was doing the DL and Press at the same time (sort of half-resting between each attempt), so this is just fine.
And here is the DL.

This isn't anything to make the big boys get nervous, but I'll take it.  I still seem to have this almost Romanian deadlift form, but I really believe that's because of my short legs and relatively long arms, making my hips high before I really feel the slack coming out.  I tried keeping my butt lower on an earlier attempts at 425 or so and it just felt awkward.  For now, I'll stick with this until I reach a point where I'm not going up any more. 500, here we come...