Rack Pulls and the Pursuit of Breaking 400

It's going to happen.  I will break my own self-imposed barrier of 400lbs.  Deadlift, from the floor, 405.  In the picture I'm doing a rack pull of 425.  Now I know I can at least hold the weight.  The question is can I hold it through the different transitions?  Shin level, just below the knee, at the knee, above the knee, to full lock-out.  I can pull it from above the knee.  Now I just need to spend some time hanging out below the knee.

For the next 6 weeks I will be using a program borrowed from David Whitley's article on DragonDoor.

It's a series of singles that increase in weight and drop in reps throughout each week.  I'll let you know how it goes.  Right now my max deadlift is at 355.  It's a lot of weight to add (another 50 pounds) but I am confident it's going to happen.

This has been the longest running goal of mine, even outlasting my IronMan, and RKC goals.  I've been letting the 405 goal taunt me for some time.  Now it's time to take it down.

Or should I say pull it up?