Max Effort deadlift day. Had a pretty good and exhausting lift today. Overall happy with how things went. At  this point it should just be assumed that I foam roll and warm-up to my working sets so I will get right to the good stuff.

Conventional deads from the floor...no belt, no straps, done in olympic lifting shoes cause thats just how I roll.

535 for 4 singles

after the singles i wanted to get some solid working sets in. these were done with straps, no belt

425 3x5

deficit deads, not sure the deficit but they were done in oly shoes standing on a 100 pound plate. no straps or belt again.

6 singles at 375 with 30 seconds rest between sets.

after deads I did 3 sets of 10 at 225 squats with the safety squat bar followed by neutral grip lat pull down 3 sets of 10 and a light weight.

The reason I don't lift in a belt is pretty simple....I don't own one. I have always focused on building raw strength but will be adding a belt into my routine in 2013 slowly, probably on max effort days only and only on working sets, never during warm ups. As far as deadlifting in oly shoes....oly lifters do it and they are strong so why not? I always believe that strong is strong...if i cant pull something its certainly not because of my shoes......

Tomorrow will be a pressing session and will focus on repetitions and some endurance