The last couple of weeks have been all over the place. I had to work in Islamorada, poor me, for a week and I also got to take the family. We had a blast. That got my training off schedule and we only got to half ass train last Saturday. We went to a local "gym" and I think we would have been better off not training. They had a squat rack but the safety catches were so high we had to walk all the way out of the rack, about six feet or so. I did notice that there wasn't any plates around the rack, they were all by the benches. Guess it doesn't get much use. I was supposed to work up to a top set of six but that wasn't happening. I stayed at 405 for a couple triples and called it. Now the whole place was looking at Mindy and me anyway but when we started doing walking lunges with a barbell this one "trainer" started freaking out. He was yelling 'you can't do that' and I was looking around trying to figure out what he was talking about. I finally realized he was yelling at Mindy so I asked 'she can't lift weights?' He replied that what she was doing was dangerous... To which I replied 'seriously? lunges? so what your saying is we can't train here?' He started mumbling and walked off. We finished our lunges with his dirty looks motivating us to do an extra set for spite. Real douchebag. So, I highly recommend steering clear of Froggys Fitness if your in the Florida Keys. I missed my bench day Monday, so I benched and Deadlifted Wednesday. On bench I worked up to 355 for my last set of 6. Then did some conventional pulls up to 405 for 3x6. Then 405 for 3x3. After that I did various accessories. If you haven't seen the XPC website the Finals are now a two day event and the amateur meet I had planned on doing is up in the air. I don't like the unknown especially with what gets put into meet prep physically, mentally, and financially so I have decided to compete at the RPS Nationals on January 26 in Newark, NJ. Brian isn't exactly thrilled but I want to compete again soon. The subpar performance at the Semis is really pushing me. So that means I'm 13 weeks out. A couple transition weeks and right back at it. I'm excited and feel pretty good. After this meet I may have to have my umbilical hernia taken care of so I will have some down time before I go back after it at next years Semi Finals.
I would also like to invite everybody to check out Mindy and I's website:
redemptionpowerlifting.com
This is a project that has evolved from wanting to put on kick ass meets to now having a magazine scheduled for January... We also have a forum on the site that we will be having pro lifters come on for q&a's every couple of weeks and to also be able to interact with other strength athletes. I'm going to try and moderate it to keep some of the things that turn people away from other forums. Right now there is an issue and the forum isn't available on mobile devices, so you will have to switch from mobile to the full web version on your phones, etc... Please give us feedback on things you like and especially things you don't like. This project is for lifters so we want it to be the best experience possible. Email us at: publisher@redemptionpowerlifting.com
with any issues.
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