Recently a friend of mine bet me I couldn't deadlift 135#x20 reps. I was pretty sure I could, and since today was rep deadlift day on the Cube program, I decided to find out. I'm happy to report that I can actually deadlift 135#x21, and all with spot-on form, which makes me think I could probably have gotten quite a few more, but since it was a "warm-up" set and I didn't want to totally trash my planned programming, I stopped at 21 (21 because I wanted to make sure I had hit 20 in case I counted wrong - it happens.) After finishing up my deadlift and kettlebell sets I ended up cutting out most of my accessory work because I've been fighting a cold for the last couple days and I'm winning, but I didn't want to push my luck by going balls-out in my workout today. I think it was the right call.
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Training:
Warm-up - foam rolling and Meathead Mobility (I don't do it all, but I run through most of the stretches and exercises and I definitely think it's an improvement over what I was doing before - aka not really warming up :)
Warm-up Deadlift: 135#x5, 165#x3
Conventional Deadlift: 135#x21, 199#x8, 8
Deficit Deadlift: 182#x10, 10
Kettlebell Swings: 20kgx25, 25, 20, 15, 15
Farmer Walks: 60# DBs x 30 sec x 4
Band Chin-ups x 3
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