Axle power cleans

170 x 5

190 x 3

210 x 3

Deadlifts 

415 x 5

470 x 3

525 x 2

415 x 10 (1 min AMRAP)

Wide pull-ups: 5 x 10

Super-set with weighted dips

55 x 3 x 10

65 x 2 x 10

Lying leg curls

340 x 5 x 10

Super-set with curls

55 lb dumbbells x 10

35 lb dumbbells x 2 x 10

Swiss bar: 2 x 10

Felt strong on everything. I'm having fun with power cleans. I've never done them seriously since getting bumper plates and crash pads. I can remember getting into them for the first time after signing up for my first contest ever, a power clean competition in 2011, and straining my back trying to drop the barbell quietly at 24 Hour Fitness in the lead-up to the event.

The form on these were still pretty ugly and done with brute strength, but there were a few reps where I felt the arm swivel happening when catching the bar, which was cool. Never felt that so automatically before.

I'm deadlifting exclusively on flat ground now, either in the garage or, in this case, on the patio, rather than uneven dirt. I used to take pride in the bad set-up as a training condition, but it also lead to missed deadlift reps.