Deadlifts & Thoughts on Tracking Macros

Pretty good day in the gym, finally.  Actually, most of the lifts I have been doing (press, bench, deadlift, squat) have all felt pretty good this week.

My 5/3/1 program had me deadlifting 390lbs for a triple today, so since I was at Pinnacle, I decided to go for a PR triple of 180kilos.  I usually use straps, but didn't today, so this was just a PR all around.  My butt shoots up a little on my second rep, but I'm able nail the last rep, so I'm calling it a clean PR.

My assistance work was good mornings and hanging leg raises, but I swapped them for RDLs, 5 x 12 at 70kg.  My hamstrings are pretty flexible and I can go pretty low with my RDLs, so I stood on a plate for my last set.  You can hear Hali make fun of me for having her film this light set.

So I tried tracking my macronutrients today.  Not necessarily a tenant of the Whole30 principles (which more or less dictate listening to your body and not worrying about portion size), but I thought I would track macros today and see how it went and if it was easy enough, to try it for the week.

I wanted my breakdown to look like this:

~ 2000 calories

- 50g carbs

- 130g fat

- 150g protein

This is what it I tracked using the My Fitness App.

Pretty damn close.  And it actually wasn't that difficult.  I'll go ahead and give it a try this week.  I think it'll be easy enough.