6/29 Squats

I worked up to a max double in briefs. I've never really tracked maxes in just briefs but I know this was a PR. 705x2...  They were a little high but at this point in my cycle and in just briefs I'll take it. I felt pretty shaky and after the first one I thought about before going back down. But, it's time to stop thinking about the number so much and just squat. I am very mental and I can miss a lift the day before I even take it if I over think it. 705 is a lot of weight but I know I can do it so I have to stop thinking about that. After squats I pulled doubles and went in the mid 5's but I was spent after squats. Normal accessory work afterwards. 

6/23 Bench

Dumbbell floor presses for 3x15@100

Incline DB presses for 3x15@100

Band press downs 50 reps rest pause

Band flys 50 reps rest pause

Band shoulder prehab

Shrugs DB 2x25@70's

Changing everything up and trying some new things. Getting a little break for the next few weeks before meet prep. 

6/22 Squats

Started new plan today. Crazy work, for me anyway. Warmed up and got into briefs. 

Squats 5x5@545

Pulls 5x2@505

Briefs off...

Pause squats 3x8@305

GM's 3x10@225

Then some GHR and planks. 

Definitely felt this one. Body weight is between 288-292 so I'm happy with that. Getting everything organized and worked up for October 5. Ready for a full meet. 

Catching Up....

I have sucked at keeping my log up to date. My training has pretty much been going week to week. Regular communication with Brian. We went into a maintenance mode on squats and deads and focused on my bench. I had trained raw since March. I had hit several raw PR's on all lifts. We decided all we needed was a couple weeks in the shirt. So at 5 weeks out I did two weeks of lighter shirt/higher board work. Deload for a week. Then heavy boards and touched a couple times. I was off two weeks out and missed 540 and it really screwed my head up. But the next week everything went perfect. I've put on some weight and am weighing in at about 290. I was floating about an inch from touching so the shirt was tighter and had a little different groove. But it also had more pop. So the day of the meet came...  Mindy was competing full power raw. I was handling her and she was kicking ass. She finished the day with 275-205-320 for a 800 lbs total and Best Female Lifter. Not bad for her first raw meet. I opened with 575 and it was easy. Went for my goal of 600 second and got it with a little stall at lockout. I pretty much knew I was done but decided to go for 620 and missed it. But, finally hit 6 in a meet. New territory and new confidence. I went from 584 in March to 600 in June. Not to bad, 16 lbs PR. Thanks Brian for all the work and help. 

5/29/13 Deads

Pulled in briefs. I like pulling in briefs better than my DL suit. I was doing triples again this week. They felt really good and I almost got a third locked at 545. On that last rep I started leaning over the bar and it got out in front of me and I got messed up at the top. But, that was some really good work for me considering how bad my deads have been the last year or so. I had the boys with me and they wanted to leave before we got to the gym so I pulled and went home. I've got the bench meet in two weeks so its probably good to cut back just a little. 

Last two weeks bench...

Two weeks ago I finally hit 600 in the gym...  I'm doing a bench only meet on June 15. This is my second attempt...  We'll see.

This week was more shirt work. 540x2 to half board, 580 to one board, and 625 to a three board. 

http://youtu.be/4vrQ0snT2mc

Squats the last couple weeks...

I've been sucking keeping my log up. The last couple weeks I went from doing a full meet to back to bench only, which was the plan anyway...  So two weeks ago I decided to go full gear and see what would happen. Everything felt awesome. I hadn't been in gear since the Arnold. I decided to push it a little. I worked up to 725 and it was pretty good. They were all a little high but oh well. I put the reverse average bands on and took 775 and it felt really easy. So I attempted a PR reverse band 855...  Missed it out of the bottom. I didn't think it was too bad considering I hadn't squatted in gear for two months.

This week I wore briefs and worked up to around 600 for triples. Leg press, GHR, and extensions finished it off. 

Should be caught up now...

I'm putting on a push/pull in August here in Fort Myers. Here's one of the flyers we've put together.