Squats

Worked up to 550 for one in the City Campus Rec center yesterday night. It was later than I usually get down, but I just ate and rested earlier that day. Had a pizza and gatorade before the fun began.

135
185
225
275
315
375
405
500
550


Lots of other stuff too. Got to love the stuf you don't do. It's all good though as meet week is fast approaching.

Tip o the day: You can have the best thought out diet, training program, have all your supps ready to go and what not. But how much you work day in day out is what will put you over the top.


Later

SPF Rick Hussey Memorial Meet

So I ended up doing a meet in Elkhorn, Ne which is not to far from Omaha and it was an SPF meet. Meaning monolift. Meaning something I dont train in. Nonetheless I went forward and tried to do what I do. So I'll break this down by lift.

Squat: I knew I was in a bit of trouble in the warm up room. I have the strength, but getting use to the mono is a tough thing. I've lifted out of mono's before, but today was especially hard for some reason. I'm not sure why as I didn't really care about it and considered the mono a non-factor. First two attempts I walked the weight out. I hit my opener of 501 and shit the bed on my last two. Dave Hoff was one of the side judges and told me that my chest caves and my butt comes up. I'll take that on the second attempt, but on my third, I thought I nailed it. It's cool. Not bitching, and I have two weeks to get form right or at least adjust it to the mono.

Bench: Opened conservatively and reaped the rewards of it. Finished at 380 which is 11 pounds off my all tie pr in a meet (which was 391) so I'm going in the right direction in regards to the bench. Dave Hof said I had more in me after the meet.

Deadlift: Was going to play it conservative but said fuck it and went for the over 600 deadlift. My first two attempts went up like paper, so I figured why not set the bar higher for myself for Columbus, Ohio and get it. I ended up smashing 633 and will try for 650 in Ohio.

Reflections: Well getting stronger is always a priority and for have a stressful few weeks, I think I did well in retrospect. Th butter flies are now gone so I can just be as violent as possible for Columbus. I'm there to set records for myself and the rest don't matter. It was also good to see Big Iron Gym members lift for someone who impacted their lives. It was their former powerlifting coaches memorial meet and they did well. Was great to see people I've only read about in magazines.

Met a couple guys who I lifted with a couple years ago in the APF Raw Power Challenge. Its great to see lifters still involved.

All in all, a good day, but PLENTY of room for improvement. Onward.

Thanks everyone for the support. And even if you don't or play like you don't, I still love ya anyway!

Highlights of training

Nothing. I worked up to another 500 lb squat with knee wraps yesterday,


Doing a warmup meet on Saturday, just to get use to the platform and get use to the commands. .


Also realizing I need to be a better student and put in the work to do so.

Squats and a opinion

Bunch of warmups and then

500/1, 1
455/2,2

Leg press
Leg curl
Abs

Felt pretty solid all the way around.

I know I havent been around powerlfting a long time, but this is for certain. Do not coach or allow a coach to be over your training if there are not heavy barbells in your hand or one you back, dont coach or get coached from someone who hasnt been there on a platform.

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Past Weeks training

Highlights of past weeks training

Squat:Nailed a 500 lb squat

Bench: Hit 355 for one. Wanted to get as close to 365 without failing. So I figure a good bench opener will be a little below that and 355 will be a good second attempt.

Deadlift: Hit 460 for 5.

Not a whole lot of assistance work done this week, but will next week. Doing a circuit style assistance day in the afternoon tomorrow for some max pumpitude. Got another heavy week coming up so will for sure be resting a lot this weekend. I also have 3 exams in the same week. I wonder if my professors spoke to each other and asked whats the best way to academically bitchslap me.

Beyond that, I'm excited for the XPC International Open. And hope to catch some of the pro meet on pro day and some of the expo. Cant wait!






These videos always hype me up a bit.

Ramblings.

Not a whole lot of sets and reps here for this one. But I will go over some bullet points

1: I have someone handling the last 5 weeks of my squat training. Wasn't going the way I wanted to go, so went with a MUCH more experienced lifter to handle the last five weeks of my squat.

2. Trying to stay on top of my commitments with stuff outside of class. Its a straight up bitch sometimes

3: My eating is actually pretty decent right now.

4: I should be more conditioned, but I'm not, so I'll fix it.

5: The facebook positivity and humble warriors are getting to me.

6: Laugh bitch.........its a celebration

Past couple days training

Monday: Squats

320/3
365/3
410/3

Assistance work after

Wednesday: Bench

230/3
265/3
300/5

Hit 3 reps on the incline bench press.

After talking with Matt Ladewski, I'm ditching 5/3/1 and going to a conjugate system for awhile after my March meet. 5/3/1 has been very good, but i'm to the point where it's not doing what i want it to do. I will go back to it in the future, but I'm gonna do another system totally