goooooooood shit mayne
9/2
Competition bench
365x1p
400x1p
435x1p (SUPER EXTRA AWESOME PR)
385x3p
335x10p (pr)
Seemed easier than 425, and I definitely have 440 in me. Will try that on the platform if the pause command cooperates. Pissed that I didn’t try 4 at 385, but can’t get too mad all things considered.
Pullup
+90x8x2
Face-pull/Pressdown
180x15x4
Moving on to squat something big.
9/4
Squat
440x1w
475x1w
515x1w (PR)
425x2
435x2
Bb Wide Row
415x8x2
Burpee/sledgehammer
10/20x4, 30s rest
THPs gave me about 15 more pounds. Feel really good about 500 now at least. Definitely would like to try and sink a little lower into the wraps. I think I’ll go 465/500/520ish at the meet.
Onward and upward.
9/5
NGBP
335x8x3
Bent lateral
50x10
Supersetted with band pressdowns.
Forearm hurt, so very light workout.
9/6
Sumo DL
545x1
600x1 (ahhhhhh PR ahhhhhh)
Log Clean and Press
225x1
235x1
Stopped there because my form was getting dangerously loose.
Pull-up
+100x7+4
30s rest pause.
Cardio
Can’t even explain how much relief I feel to finally get 600. That crap has been in my head for 6 months. It was risky doing this a week out, but now I feel good about it as a 2nd attempt. Have 620 in me if I had to guess at my absolute max, so that will be my third if all goes well.
New ink attached 
9/9
Pause Squat
405x2x2
365x3
Felt good. Stretched and got out. Bench tomorrow, then light squat again on Friday. Psyched for the meet!
Tat looks great man! Awesome training as usual
SPF Own the Day
London, KY
9/13/14
So I did a water load from Monday-Wednesday, getting all the way to 2.5 gallons. Thursday I ate a pound of cod and drank a protein shake at noon, then didn’t eat or drink after that.
I weighed in at 196.6 Friday morning, then yolo’d the rest of the day. My nightcap was my favorite premeet meal of a 16 oz sirloin and baked potato, and I ate a bag of donuts for dessert.
Squat
462 (no lift, high)
501.6 (3 whites)
518 (no lift)
462 was so easy and fast it almost threw me off, and that was with a weak wrap. Of course it was also high. From all 3 judges. In SPF. After contemplating suicide, I remembered that two of those judges were Brandon Lily and Caitlyn Trout, and this wasn’t your daddy’s comically judged typical SPF meet. 501.6 was a better wrap, I sunk it more, and it wasn’t particularly hard. My wrap slipped on 518, and I didn’t make it through the sticking point.
I was being wrapped by my friend’s boyfriend, and he didn’t have a lot of experience, but even with that it was much better than wrapping myself. I’ll have a vet wrapping me at my next meet. I hit 515 in training, so I think I was good for 518, but I accomplished my primary goal of squatting 500 in competition.
Bench
391 (3 whites)
418.9 (3 whites) Danny Amon on Instagram: "419 Bench"
440.9 (no lift)
Opener was a smokeshow. 418.9 was easy. 440.9 is the only lift really chapping my ass after having some time to reflect. I wanted 200kg so bad, and I blew it off my chest. Hit a sticking point about halfway, then second-winded it another quarter of the way up, but I somehow couldn’t lock it. This one I wish I had to do again. 435 in training wasn’t a true max, so I’m definitely good for this weight.
Still an easy meet PR on the second attempt, though. Should have gone with 424 just to get 420+, but that’s splitting hairs. Had a great handout guy. Pete Rubish goes to my gym and was going to do it, but since he was warming up for deads I went with a friend of his…Corey something.
Deadlift
541 (3 whites)
600.9 (3 whites) Danny Amon on Instagram: "601 Deadlift"
611 (lol)
Put in the token opener that have me a meet total PR. 601 wasn’t easy. 600 felt easier the week before, but obviously the conditions here were a lot different. My grip slipped a little, and that slowed the lift down, but I was finishing this lift or castrating myself. I gave 611 a shot, but I had completely gassed myself already. That’s another weight I’m confident I can hit in the gym, though.
Lessons
I put 80 pounds on my total from May, and I hit meet PRs in every lift. Deadlift was even technically a .9 pound all-time PR. So I’m happy with my performance, but annoyed that I missed all three of my big attempts. I’ll think about that bench every time I’m in the gym until December, and I sure as hell am going to get it then.
The water cut worked well, but I need to start with more on Monday I think.
I did something different and squatted semi-heavy Tuesday, benched semi-heavy Wednesday, and squatted light on Friday. Theory being, if an Olympic athlete does a moderate workout the day before an event, my much less developed fatass better be able to squat 365 the day before a meet and not hurt my performance. And in fact, I’ve never felt better squatting in meet conditions, so I would recommend this to anyone who is 2x weekly or more squatter.
Moving forward, I’m pretty pumped. I’m doing an SPF meet in cincy in December, and I have designs on 1600, which will start to put me into the conversation of being a pretty decent 198. I’m not sure what the records are, but I think I can crack the top 10 in bench pretty soon. Goals are 525+/440+/620+, and I should hit one of my thirds to get that 1600 total.
I’ll be going to 3x weekly squatting either this week or next, and I can’t wait.
9/15
Pause Squat
365x3
385x3
365x3
Stiff DL
425x8
Felt good…no issues with my back and didn’t feel rundown at all.
9/16
Bench
345x5x3p
Pull-up
+90x6x3
Dip
+45x10
+90x10x2
Supersetted with pull-ups
Sled Push
180x6 rounds
9/17
Squat
405x3
405x3
415x3
Wide-grip DL
405x1,1
405x2
Reverse Hyper
140x10x3
Going to do more reps on DL, light and touch and go as another hamstring builder.