The sweet taste of failure

- Deadlift: 180/397 x 1, 190/419 x 1, 200/441 x FAIL, 200/441 x FAIL
- Squat: 115/253 x 5, 125/275 x 5, 135/297 x 5
- Weighted Pull Up: 27.5/60 x 8(PR), 6
- T-Bar Row: 3 plates x 3 x 10
- Conditioning: 400m x 3 (1:18, 1:16, 1:14)

So I missed my attempt at a 200kg deadlift. I was feeling pretty confident after 190kg came up fairly quickly, but 200kg got stuck about 6 inches off the floor. I can honestly say I have never been less disappointed and less depressed about failing a PR attempt. A recent post by Paul Carter really resonated with me and helped me accept the peaks and valleys of training. I may have failed 200kg today but that just gives me another goal to crush by the end of the year. Every failure is an opportunity to reflect on why you failed, what works, what doesn’t work and what you have to do to succeed next time. So for the next few weeks I’m going to take a bit of a break from heavy deadlifting, do RDLs and GHRs and then start deadlifting on 5/3/1, with 190kg as a nice conservative 1RM.

Squats felt really solid. I’m looking forward to getting them back up over 300lbs and then putting them on 5/3/1 as well.

Nice little PR on the weighted pull ups. Strength to weight ratio on those is at an all time high.

I did the 400m intervals on my street, which was wet and slippery and includes a small incline and decline, so I know I can bring my time down on the track. A 60 second 400m (or close to) is a definite goal of mine.