what are you weighing in at right now?
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This week I am water loading and going to cut down the 175’s for the first time ever. I am usually at 190 give or take a few pounds.
Today didnt do anything. Just continuing my deload 
Okay!!! Here is a write up from Thursday evening(night before weigh ins) through Saturday(Competition Day)
Thursday:
Stopped drinking water around 4pm. and my last meal was at 3pm. By the time I went to bed which was around midnight I already had cotton mouth and had only pissed a couple times which was concerning me because I wanted to be flushing out as much water as possible. Went to bed weighing in at 182 which was good i guess.
Friday:
Woke up at 7 and immediately drove to the sauna. I didnt sleep too well. Woke up every two hours. Before going into the sauna I weighed 178.2. I thought it would be cake to sweat off these last few pounds. I was wrong. After over 2 hours of 10-15min rounds in the sauna with about 3-5min breaks i weighed 176. I was nautious the entire time and was struggling to say the least. With having at least 4 hours until weigh in and expecting my scale to be a little heavy I though 176 was good. During the 2 hour drive to the hotel we kept the windows closed so the car would heat up and I had sweat pants and a sweat shirt on. When we got to the hotel room my scale read 174.8. Perfect! Went and weighed in and them proceeded to consume 1 gallon of water a quart of gatorade, a coffee from dunking donuts, a bagel, a DD chicken wrap, snickers, potato skins, buffalo chicken wrap, and 2 poptart packages. This put 10 pounds back in me real fast and I felt so much better. My stomach had issues passing the volume of everything into my intestines but I made out okay.
Saturday:
Woke up and started drinking more gatorade and water, and went to Denny’s. Ate two breakfast meals there and then drove to the competition location. When we arrived it was freezing! 32 degrees outside, wasnt really planning on it being that cold but whatever everyone was dealing with it.
Event 1:
Log Clean and Press, 180 pounds
I got 7 easy reps here. I think i could have had an 8th but for some reason i was an idiot and passed with a couple seconds to go. Dont ask me why. still was happy with that. and it earned me a tie for first.
Event 2:
Yoke, 550 for 50ft
Finished this in 10.26s. Felt pretty good, I have definitely had fast runs but was good enough for first on this event.
Event 3:
Car Deadlift
I got 5 reps here. Was a huge relief. Earned me 3rd but I was happy I just got it. The deadlift has notoriously been my worst event show after show and even though I lost some points here I was pleased with my performance. Each rep was like a one rep max but yet was able to keep squeezing out another and got my final rep right as my 60s was up.
Event 4:
Conan’s Wheel,500
Made it 210ft with this which earned me 2nd(lost by 9ft). I just went nuts on this and tried using short quick breaths only when needed and was super happy with the result. I honestly dont remember much from this event.
Event 5:
Stone over bar, 220
I got 9 reps here and I needed the first place finish to at least tie for the win but the leader was able to squeeze out 1 more rep for the sole victory.
Still ended up with a second place finish and an invitation to Nationals. Some notes from the competition that I am keeping in the back of my head…
-speed kills. basically the most athletic person wins at the 175 pound class and it happens time and time again. today i wasnt the most athletic and it showed. I need to continue to work on getting fast with reps to improve my standings.
-i need to keep doing what i have been doing in the last month or two for my deadlift. it helped out a ton. basically trapbar and straight bar work and rack pulls, it seems to be helping.
-need to get more specific. I have barely been able to train events because of my internship but I was still able to have a good showing. I need to train events more if I really want to continue to improve my game.
that is all I have for now. I am extremely happy with my result but I am not satisfied, need to keep working and improving. next show is May 11th… Battle of the Thunder Gods III
So decided to go in today and train. The athlete program isnt all that difficult as far as volume is concerned so I thought it wouldnt hurt to go in and do some work.
Boyle Lateral Warm-Up
Plyos- Medial/Lateral Hurdles w/ mini bounce
Med Balls- staggered overhead throw and standing side toss
Power Cleans
135x5
185x5
225x4
Iso Lunge Chops
Sumo Squat w/ pressout
Trapbar deads
315x5,5,5
Chins
BWx5,9,5
Half Kneeling DB Press
65x5,6
70x5
Went and trained up at North Andover
Strict Press
barx8
95x8
135x5
145x1
155x2
165x1
175x1
Push Press
185x2
195x1
205x1
215x2
225x2 the second rep was a push jerk slightly
205x2
Push Jerk
205x7
Inverted Rows with a bar with done in between most of the sets. Switched my grip from set to set.
Incline Swiss Bar Press w/ a pause with a foam roller
135x5
155x5
170x5
Boyle Linear WarmUp
Plyo’s- 2 foot hurdle jumps with stick
Med Balls- Standing chest pass x 10
BB Power Snatch
115x5
135x3<-from the floor
155x3<-from the floor
Iso Lunge Lifts x8
Toe Touch Squat
Bench Press
185x5
225x5
245x5
Was supposed to do RFE Split Squats with these but my Iliacus was acting up.
2 Rounds of SLDL, TRX Row, and Push Pull on Kieser
Conditioning
60yd Shuttles x 5
Went down to train in North Andover today to deadlift with Bunky…
Deadlifts
135x5,5
185x2
225x1
275x1
315x1
405x1
345x6,11
Back Squats
270x20
Those deadlifts killed my hamstrings, was cramping up earlier tonight. They felt really good, I think I could have pulled a good single today but being a few days after the competition I decided against it and chose to do some higher reps instead which I think I will stick with for my Wednesdays for the time being. Monday’s Shall be my “heavier” day.
Friday I went to Lightning Fitness in South Windsor CT.
Log-biggdogg log
Viper press
160x2,2
180x2,3
Split jerk
210x2
230x1
250x1
Incline log press
200x8,8,7
Saturday also at Lightning Fitness
Biggdogg 12in DB
120x2each
140x1each
160x1each <—20 pound PR
120x3each
Car Deadlift with a tire instead of a car
1000 pound tire x 3,4
Was short on time for both sessions and just wanted to get some work in. I wanted to get some yoke but time and space were not working with me.
Yesterday went down to URI to train with my good friend Mike.
Deadlift
135x5
185x4
225x3
315x1
405x1
455x1<–post injury best. Next time I hit this I would like form to be a little better, back rounded slightly and hips came up too fast
405x1,1,1<-- in a 2 minute stretch did all three singles
355x11
Incline Close/Moderate Grip Press
135x8
185x8
225x5,5,5
That was it. I have really enjoyed pushing the bigger lifts for reps as of late and hitting 2 big lifts a workout for the most part.
took today off from training, and probably will tomorrow as well. Thursday is going to be a big event day. Have Log, farmers, DB, and stones planned
Did a bunch of event training today. Even though I will be competing on May 11th I have not really been able to train the events for it and have just been trying to enjoy a variety of events when I get access to all of the implements.
Was able to train with Mike today as well.
Log out of the rack
90x5
180x3,3
230x2,2
250x2
270x1,1 <–missed my second rep on both of the sets. Have really lost the feel for my split jerk on the log. Need to work it more frequently but get my hip unfucked first.
Farmers Carry all for 55ft
180
230
270
300<–ties a PR after not having done farmers walks since last Summer
Circus DB
120x2each
120x5each
Stones with tackey all loaded to 48in
250x1
275x0,1
250x4
good day, I felt drained but not destroyed which was good.
Power Cleans
135x5
185x3
225x2
255x1
Deadlifts
135x1
225x2
315x1
405x1,1
Incline Log with the Biggdogg Strongg Log supersetted with TRX rows
160x5
210x5
225x7,6,6
Swiss Bar Bench off 2 board supersetted with chins
135x5
135 with black short bandx5,5,10 then took bands off and did 10 more reps
Conditioning
Rope, sledgehammer, andf KB swing tabata
pretty good day. got a lot of solid work in
so on Saturday my team put on an event to raise money for the special Olympics and it involved a 2x your bodyweight deadlift for max reps and an RV Pull. I did 380 for 13 reps and the rv pull was a lot of fun.
today went in and did the following
power cleans
135x5
205x3
225x3
trapbar deadlift
225x2
315x2
405x2,4
335x4,8
my pulls felt real good today, was happy with them. feeling like im making some progress.
then did some random assistance involving some standing strict db presses and then conditioned
five 60yd shuttles on the minute
Strict Press
95x5,5
135x6
165x1
185x0 ← god damn does not strict pressing often really affect my strength here. it felt stupidly heavy and i should be hitting this every day.
125x10,10,10 3<-- rested for like 20s then hit those extra 3
Incline BB Press with a moderate/close grip
175x5,5,5,5,5 rested for only 60s
TRX Rows and Ab wheel to finish
Deadlifts
135x2,2
225x3
315x2
405x1
355x5,5,5
I wanted to go heavier for my reps today but going in to the lift I knew I was not going to have a spectacular day but still very happy with the work I did.
Valslide Leg Curls
5,5,5
Chins
10,10,10
bench
135x5,5
185x3
225x2
255x1
275x1<paused
285x1<paused
225x5,5,5
Close Grip
185x12
Front Squat
185x3
225x2
275x1,2,2,2,3
DB Snatch
70x4e
80x3e
90x2e
100x1e
Trapbar DL
225x3
315x1
405x1
315x5
Strict Press
Barx5
95x4
135x5
155x3
175x2<- these almost flew out of my hand was I thought was only 155, hence why I tried 195
195x0(but it is for 2 reps as a push press)
185x1
Deadlifts
135x2
225x3
315x2
405x1
455x1
365x5,5,6
Rack Pulls with the Deadsquat bar
245x3
385x9
Rows and Curls
3 Strict Press, 1 Push Press, 1 Push Jerk, 1 Split Jerk
bar
95x1
135x1
155x1
165x1
1 Strict Press, 1 Push Press, 1 Push Jerk, 1 Split Jerk
175x1
185x <just missed the strict press, was so damn close
1 Push Jerk, 1 Split Jerk
205x1
225x1
245x1
225x2
Incline BB Press
135x5
185x5,5
205x5,5
Chins and Ab Wheel