Dead Lift

So, today was the day to break out the weights. I have been wondering when we would get to play with those. :) They do some Olympic lifting exercises at the gym. Today I learned how to dead lift. Basically you stand in front of a bar with weights, squat and then stand up. This is the simple version, there is definitely technique involved but that's the general idea.

After my 400 meter run and 800 meter row for my warm up I was thought how to dead lift. I was able to do 221 pounds! Paul wouldn't tell me how much any of the lifts weighted until after I maxed out. I tried to do 241 pounds, but just couldn't get the last little bit. I could stand up with it but not get tall enough to get my shoulders back. So close, but not quite. But, holy hell 221 pounds is really good! Paul the trainer was pretty impressed. :)

Here's my workout after all that...

I burned a total for 451 calories for this workout. Lots of cardio today. Still not easy, as you can see with my times of the row getting slower each time. Oh well, at least I'm able to do the workouts and feel good after.