Well, I've been able to do 255 for ten reps, and 275 for 6 reps on RDL's. But, the form really started to suffer. So, I'm going back to 6 reps of 255lbs. and that seems to be better. Even though I can do more, I'd rather get quality reps. I will do my next Deadlift session with reps from the floor. I'll see how much that changes things. I don't suspect that it will be much of a change. The concentric portion of the lift doesn't exhaust me as much as the eccentrics on RDL's. But, of course I'm now covering a larger ROM, so we'll see.
I haven't tried to do a new 1RM. I'm not sleeping well and really don't think that it would be a good idea. Still, the increased ability to do the rep work should have netted some strength gains. We'll see once I'm ready to give it a go.
I had an idea of doing a group of singles at or above 90%, but my primary goal is still fat loss so I think it would be wise for me to wait until I'm not in such a calorie deficit to do so.
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