Took a week off after the World’s and have been easing back in since. I’m going to change from conventional squats and deadlifts to wide stance/sumo as recommended by my coach in order to increase weight lifted, which means dropping the weight down and practicing over and over!! I’m also throwing in a back workout every other session and reducing Bench sessions as it helps my shoulder and you can’t go wrong by increasing back size/strength!
17th Nov – 22nd Nov
Back session – DB Pullovers, Pulldowns (V Grip and wide), T Bar Rows, Straight Arm Pulldowns, Single Arm Lever Rows and Rack Pulls up to 140kg x10
Squats – Wide practice with Pembrokeshire Powerlifters up to 140kg for 5 sets of 3 – Gorila chins and Captains Chair knee Raises
Back session – As above, Rack Pulls 160kg for 3 sets of 8
Deadlifts – Sumo practice up to 140kg for 3 sets of 5, biceps (DeFrancos 3-6-12 routine) & ab slings
23rd Nov – 29th Nov
Back session – As above, Rack Pulls up to 180kg for 3 sets of 3, biceps (3-6-12)
Squats – Wide practice up to 140kg x8 with loose wraps, Leg Press & Ab Wheel
Back session – As above with Rack Pulls up to 180kg for 3 sets of 5, biceps (3-6-12)
Bench/Deadlifts with Pembs Powerlifters – Bench up to 150kg, Sumo Deadlifts up to 180kg, Ab work
Vids:
Squat 140kg x3, Squat 140kg x8, Rack Pull 180kg x5, Bench 150kg, Sumo Deadlift 180kg
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November 30, 2014 | Categories: Training | Tags: ab slings, ab wheel, back, bench, bench press, captains chair, Chin ups, chins, curls, DB, DB Pullovers, deadlift, Equipped, gorilla chins, hammer curl, knee raise, Lat Pulldown, leg press, Lever row, pulldowns, pullovers, rack pull, rows, single arm, squat, straight arm, sumo deadlift, t bar row, v grip pulldown, wide grip, wide stance | Leave a comment
6 Weeks to the Worlds
Week 3 – 531 week
Deadlift up to 160kg x5, then singles 187.5kg and 210kg (questionable form!) – Followed up with Lever Deadlifts, Ab Wheel and chins
Bench up to 115kg x7, then singles 120kg and 137.5kg (fail) – then equipped for 160kg – Then Close Grip Bench, Chins & Face Pulls
Squat up to 160kg x6, then singles at 170kg, 180kg and 190kg (fail) – Then Front Squats & Pause Squats
Dead Bench up to 110kg x7, then single at 130kg – Followed by Pendlay Rows, weighted Dips, Cable Reverse Flye, Pulldowns & Chins
Finished the week with a session with the Pembrokeshire Powerlifters and an equipped Squat & Bench session – Squats up to 210kg on the box, but couldn’t stop sitting on it so coach took it away and then I got a 220kg 🙂 – Bench up to 165kg, Also tried a few different shirts to see if it made a difference. Definitely prefer the Titan Katana, the Super Katana just didn’t feel right!
Changing up training a little, I’m not going to take a deload week as only got a few weeks of training left and will be taking a week off before the meet. Going to go back to 3’s again as per week 1
Vids:
Deadlift 210kg
Bench 160kg
Dead Bench 110kg x7
Dead Bench 130kg
Pause Squat 125kg x5
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October 9, 2014 | Categories: Training | Tags: ab wheel, bench, bench shirt, chins, close-grip bench, dead bench, deadlift, dips, Equipped, face p, front squat, katana, lever deadlift, pause, pause bench, pause squat, pendlay row, pulldowns, row, squat, squat suit | Leave a comment
– Been a bit of a crazy time since the meet, so website been a little ignored recently. Back up to speed again now so will be posting regularly again.
8 Weeks to the World’s! For my training leading up to it, I’ll be following Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 for Powerlifting with some customisation.
Week 1 – 3’s week with Heavy singles
Bench – Shirted up for the Bench after my 3’s and got up to 150kg. That’s up 15kg from the meet. Not bad for first time in a shirt! Did some assistance work, machine incline press, abs & rear delts
Deadlift – I don’t have a suit as yet so just did my 3’s and went for a couple of heavy singles and managed to pull 202.5kg (ugly as hell!) so again a PR of 2.5kg. Assistance was some Good Mornings, Ab wheel and chin-ups
Squat – Now the fun begins! After my 3’s and finally getting into the squat suit (ha ha), I went up to 200kg for 2, then my coach spurred me on to make 210kg. Best increase yet of 25kg on my meet PR .. could get used to this ‘geared’ lifting thing!
Bench/Board Press – On my own today so instead of board press I used Dead Bench to increase strength in the bottom of the lift up to 100kg x9 and then Rows, Dips, Curls and Rear Raises to finish
Box Squat 200kg x2 Link
Box Squat 210kg Link
Dead Bench 100kg x9 Link
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September 22, 2014 | Categories: Training | Tags: ab wheel, bench, bench shirt, Box Squat, Chin ups, chins, curls, dead bench, dealift, Good Morning, powerlifting, Rear Raise, rows, squat, squat suit | Leave a comment
Deadlift 127.5kg x5, 145kg x3, 162.5kg x8
Good Mornings 45kg x10x10x10x10 (60s rest)
Bent Over Row 75kg x10x10x8, 70kg x8 – Lower back shot from last 2 movements, may replace these with T-Bar or Cable Row next session.
Lying Leg Curl (5) x11, (4) x11, (3) x11x10 (Superset with Ab Wheel) – Machine needs oiling, although added resistance was a challenge!
Ab Wheel x12x12x10x9 (Superset with Leg Curls)
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June 24, 2014 | Categories: Training | Tags: ab wheel, bent over row, deadlift, Good Morning, leg curl, lying leg curl | Leave a comment
Seated Press 60kg x5x5x10, followed by DB Lat Raise 7.5kg x19
Weighted Chins 20kg x8x7x5 (after each press set)
‘V’ Grip Pulldown (12) x10+5+3 RP (30 secs after last chin set)
Weighted Dips 20kg x17+6+4 RP
Deadlift 150kg x5
Lying Leg Curls (4) x12x11x9
Ab Wheel x12x12x11 (superset with leg curls)
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March 13, 2014 | Categories: Training | Tags: ab wheel, deadlift, lat raise, lying leg curl, overhead, overhead press, Press, pulldown, seated, shoulder press, v grip pulldown, weighted chins, weighted dips | Leave a comment
Happy New Year!
Deadlift 120kg x5, 130kg x5, 140kg x8
Good Morning 40kg x10x10x10x10 (60s rest)
T Bar Rows 50kg x10x10x10x10 (60s rest)
Lying Leg Curls (5) x12, (4) x12x12 superset with Ab Wheel x12x10x9
Reverse Grip Pulldown (12) x10x7, (1) x7, (10) x8 (30s rest)
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January 11, 2014 | Categories: Training | Tags: ab wheel, deadlift, Good Morning, leg curl, lying leg curl, reverse grip pulldown, t bar row | Leave a comment