Great deadlift day, BIG Leo, Chris, Carmine, Shawna and me. BIG Leo comes in, "so Ross, are you going to pull 6 plates today?" "I don't think so Leo, I lost weight, didn't eat or drink, blah, blah blah, but maybe, who knows..., maybe I'll try". Ha, who knew.

135 x 6 conventional, x 6 singles sumo

225 x 4 conventional, x 6 sumo

315 x 3 singles conventional x 3 sumo

briefs and suit on, all sumo now

405 x 2 singles

495 x 1

545 x 1 pr sumo, first real sumo, flew up fast

585 x 1 - 6 plates finally!!

Oh, what a feeling! After forcing myself to do sumo and to do it fully geared for about 6 weeks, it is finally starting to feel good. And, I feel that it will surpass my conventional max of 600 about three years ago when I got it once in a meet and never again since. I was really happy the way 545 felt, it went off the floor straight to lockout. Getting the 6 plates felt good too but it stopped at my knees and many thoughts came into my head all helping me to pull it through, plus all I heard is Leo, Carmine, Chris and Shawna yelling at me to finish it, so I did. I finished it with their strength and support.

Then, came Chris. Determined after the meet to pull 500, Chris pulled it smoothly for a new PR. Then, he went for 545 and missed it. After a rest, he was determined to pull it,  and this time he got it to near the top and fought with it and won and finished it, for a 100 lb PR. What a night.