My offseason training was progressing nicely under the supervision of Dr. Zourdos, as I was working up to doubles in the mid-500 range for conventional deadlifts (I haven't pulled sumo since the contest with Layne - see post below) and finally getting some good reps with over 4 plates for squats. Unfortunately, however, something felt "off" during a squat rep about a month ago and although I trained around it for a while, I ended up pulling my groin fairly extensively during a heavy deadlift attempt several weeks ago. At that point I promised myself I wouldn't squat or deadlift again until everything was completely healed.
Training without heavy squats or deadlifts stinks.
I have been doing my best to do a "traditional" bodybuilding routine since then, but it's simply not as enjoyable.