Deadlifted 550x2 today. Had to shut it down due to prior back pain that became aggravated by the third rep. At least I got 2 reps on my first try this time. A good marker for my bad day strength.
As for my back, I dunno what's going on with it. It's been real bad lately, even after taking measures like sleeping on my back, doing stretches at work, etc. It just hasn't been enough. Wish I had a proper reverse-hyper. I'll do a lot more imitation movements on the Swiss ball. Laying stomach-down over the ball to round my back for an extended period of time also makes it feel good. I can read or play my Switch doing that. Will make a real concerted effort to do all this continuously in preparation for next week. The strength is definitely there for 5 or more with 550.
