Thanks Blue devil where you at in TN.
Alright last Squat and by god it was a good one.
Squat:
135 for 3 sets of 10
185 for 10
225 for 5
275 for 3
315 for 3
365 for 3
405 for 3
475 for 1
530 for 1
585 for 1 set of 1, and 1 sets of 2. Didnt get the second set which suck because it was a bad ass looking set on camera.
I live around Knoxville, how about yourself?
Good lifts man, very strong squats. I did legs today as well, not quite as heavy as you, but I hit it pretty hard.
[quote]BlueDevilVol wrote:
I live around Knoxville, how about yourself?
Good lifts man, very strong squats. I did legs today as well, not quite as heavy as you, but I hit it pretty hard.[/quote]
I’m in Chattanooga so not to far. I’ll be in Knoxville this Friday and Saturday should come out and watch the meet.
Where’s the meet at and what times? I might try and do that. I’ve never been to one actually. We hold lift-a-thons with the football team, but I’ve never been to one that was sanctioned or whatever.
[quote]Reed wrote:
[quote]BlueDevilVol wrote:
I live around Knoxville, how about yourself?
Good lifts man, very strong squats. I did legs today as well, not quite as heavy as you, but I hit it pretty hard.[/quote]
I’m in Chattanooga so not to far. I’ll be in Knoxville this Friday and Saturday should come out and watch the meet.[/quote]
See you Saturday man. Your squat is looking deadly; can’t wait to see what you hit.
BlueDevilVol; you out west or east? If you’re ever near Farragut come by Next Level Training. We’ve got the coolest gym toys in town I promise.
I wanna move to ten a key and lift with the silverbacks lol. Good shit bro!
[quote]csulli wrote:
See you Saturday man. Your squat is looking deadly; can’t wait to see what you hit.
BlueDevilVol; you out west or east? If you’re ever near Farragut come by Next Level Training. We’ve got the coolest gym toys in town I promise.[/quote]
Cool man, my “gym” is pretty limited as its geared towards high school athletics, but it has the basic essentials aside from low DB weight - which really does bother me. I’d like to lift with the big guys sometime. I’m actually just north of knoxville in campbell county. I’ve got several family members in Knoxville, my uncle actually ran a place called Health First Training for awhile. He sold it and opened another one, and I’m not sure what he calls it now actually.
Thanks everyone for the support as always. Sulli I’m ready buddy can’t wait to get up here and share the platform with you. Hopefully PRs all around for us.
Just up dated after a weekend Carb and Sodium load I landed at just over 223lbs.Monday I cut carbs on half and upped to 2 gallons of water. Tuesday cut carbs further about 150g and watched sodium upped water intake to 2 and quarter gallons. Today I woke up at 214 with gym clothes on. Carbs dropping to 100g and water up to 2.5 gallons. Should be 210ish by morning. Thursday begins the fun with 0 water all day. Only a small cup of coffe first thing,0 sodium, light laxative, 40mg of Lasixs every 6 hours and if still not to 200 by 8pm its Sauna. I seriously shouldn’t need to use a sauna.
Ok so ill get videos up sometime today. But in short this was the worst most awesome meet I have done. I made 100 mistakes that cost me alot but, I some how still managed awesome PRs and am happy.
So, I am officially bigger than 198. I legitimately just can not make the cut successfully from 220. I cut from 223 to 197 in about 48 hours. All was going well until just a few hours before weigh ins. I started getting BP spikes of 180/95+ and then would bottom out to beyond ub safe levels and then take off again, heart rate would begin to go nuts as well, massive migraine that last till Saturday at lunch, nose bleeds from hell and horrible pain trying to urinate.
So I was forced to the ER and had 3 liters of IV fluid pumped into me before I could leave. Left there and went straight to weigh ins. Weighed in at 201.8 or something like that.
Spent the rest of the day doing everything possible to get fluids in me. A gallon of Pedilite, gallon of Gatorade, 2 gallons of water, a 44 oz slushy, and a few pizzas I was still ungodly dehydrated. Woke up the next morning still pissing a dark orange color. Knew it was going to be a bad day.
So onto Squat. I wanted 600 and fucking know 600 was more than possible had I not drained my self so damn bad on the water cut. Took 565 and absolutely raped looked easy as all get out. Didn’t think I had 2 more good lifts in me so I went straight to 600 and sure enough missed it twice. First time I missed it due to a mistake on my part. I was uneven under the bar and when I squat down all the weight shifted one leg and I made it about half way up before I stalled. Second attempt I was just to wasted and upper back fatigued. All in all no where near where ot should have been but a 40lbs PR for a meet squat.
Bench believe it or not was my absolute best outting for the day. Opened 300 and it was beautiful. 320 fucking smoked it. 330 barely missed at lockout. 25lbs meet PR and tied best all time Gym PR.
Deadlift opened 560 and made ot look stupid like a speed pull. Went straight to 600 and half way up as it was passing my knee I completely blacked our weight still in hand and wound up getting a minor concussion according to EMTs at the meet from pressure. So I’m calling it a style PR. Also Tied my meet PR.
All in all a 65lbs meet total at 10lbs less body weight for this meet. But had I just stayed 220 I could have added close to 100lbs to this total. Either way totaled 1440 at 202 bodyweight for 7x body weight all together. Not horrible, not great, not my best, but a learning experience like no other.
[quote]Reed wrote:
Went straight to 600 and half way up as it was passing my knee I completely blacked out weight still in hand and wound up getting a minor concussion according to EMTs at the meet from pressure.[/quote]
Epic deadlifting intensity as always. You forgot to mention you passed out pulling 600 on your second and third. I think it was the third attempt that actually concussed you. You didn’t remember what happened afterwards it seemed like.
Wow sounds like an eventful weekend for you. Yesterday was my birthday, so I didn’t do any lifting the last few days. I wanted to go to the meet, but I had no idea what time it started. When is the next one?
Heavy Squat Day
So I have been pretty run down and haven’t really trained hard at all in over a month. I was going to start training for a SM meet in June right after my solid year of Powerlifting and right after my Meet but, after two hard weeks of SM Training my Shoulder was rediculusly inflamed, Siatic nerves in both legs were so fired up I swear I couldn’t tie my shoes. I had no choice and am still going to take it easy but I have to continue pushing forward or I will kill.
I completely took a week off and have done nothing but train body building high rep style lately. I will be very slowly introducing the powerlifts into my training but, with easier on the shoulders and knees. I will essentially be following a Higher Rep West Side type of deal mixed with the style I have taken away from Sam Byrd.
Squat Moves:
SSB Squat
Front Squat
Higher Bar Pause Squat
Standard ( DE )
Deadlift:
Rack Pulls
Deficit Deads
Sumo ( DE )
Bench Moves:
Bench Block Presses
Floor Presses
Incline DB Press
Bench ( DE )
ME Days will be a little different than standard West Side. I will be cycling like this…
Week 1-3 Rotating moves as above for max 8
Week 4-6 Rotating moves as above for max 5
Week 7-10 Rotating moves as above for max 3
Repeat
After the first full wave cyce will be for 5, 3, and 1 rep maxs.
All accessories will be 10-15 possibly even 15-20.
Today: Heavy Squat
High Bar Pause Squats:
140 for 2 sets of 8
190 for 5
230 for 3
280 for 3
320 for 1
370 for 2 sets of 8
Seated Chain Suspended Good Mornings:
135 for 4 sets of 10
Stiff Leg Deads:
185 for 3 sets of 12
Band Leg Curl:
Purple Band for 100 reps.
Heavy Bench Press and Back
Bench Press:
95 for 10
135 for 10
185 for 10
Incline DB Press:
70s for 2 sets of 15
80s for 10
100 for 5 - Just being stupid here
Lat Pull Downs:
100 for 20
120 for 20
140 for 20
160 for 20
180 for 16
200 for 2 sets of 15
Close cable Rows:
140 for 15
180 for 12
220 for 10
260 for 8
285 for 9
Face Pulls:
50lbs 5 sets of 20
Heavy Squats Kinda
Today I planed on working up to 500 but couldnt find 2.5 so went 505 lol. It felt easier than it ever has it literally flew off my traps which has never happened but, I was popping how ever was not expecting and it kinda fell off of me. Reset and took it for a pretty easy 3. I think had I not had the mis hap on the first set 5 would have been pretty easy. Not bad since not squatting heavy in over 6 weeks.
Squat:
135 for 3 sets of 5
185 for 5
225 for 5
275 for 5
315 for 5
365 for 5
405 for 5
-wrap up add belt -
455 for 5
505 for 1
and then 3
Leg Press:
6 plates for 20
8 plates for 20
10 plates for 20
Leg Extensions:
90 for 20
115 for 15
130 for 2 sets of 15
Leg Curl
110 for 20
130 for 15
150 for 2 sets of 15
Rep Bench Day
Close Grip with Bench Blocks:
2 board x 225 x 2 x 8
3 board x 225 x 8
4 board x 225 x 8
5 board x 225 x 8
DB Extensions Flat:
25s x 6 x 8
Over Head Rope Extensions:
30 x 1 x 100
35 x 54, 31, 15 minimal rest
DB Curl:
20 x 1 x 100
Kinda Unplanned Squat Day… At these weights any ways.
CAT Squats:
135 for 2 sets of 5
185 for 2 sets of 5
225 for 5
275 for 2 sets of 5
315 for 2 sets of 5
315 for 5 Paused
Heavy ROM Squats: Going to start adding these every 3rd week basically a Th3Punisher method but on Squats today was about 3rd range of motion. Only a Belt will be used for these.
315 for 5
365 for 5
405 for 5
455 for 5
495 for 3
545 for 3
585 for 3
635 for 3- Big PR
Leg Extensions:
100lbs for 3 sets of 20,16,15
Single Leg Curl:
40 for 15
50 for 15
60 for 15
70 for 15
80 for 15
Stiff Leg Deads to Deficit:
135 for 15
185 for 15
225 for 15
Close Bench: Worked up to 225 for 2 sets of 8
2 board for 2 sets of 8
3 board for 8
4 board for 8
Pulldowns:
160 for 15 very strict
DB Rows:
80 for 3 sets of 15
Face Pull:
60 for 3 sets of 15
Back Squat:
45 for 10
95 for 5
135 for 5
185 for 5
225 for 5
275 for 5
315 for 3
365 for 3
-add wrap-
405 for 2 sets of 5
405 for for 12 very easy
Half Squat to Pins Belt Only:
405 for 5
455 for 5
500 for 3
GHR:
4 sets of 20
Very Low Incline Nuetral DB Press:
30 for 15
40 for 15
50 for 15
60 for 15
70 for 2 sets of 12 all paused
Very Wide Pulldown:
100 for 12
120 for 12
140 for 2 sets of 12
Close Cable Row:
100 for 15
120 for 15
140 for 15
160 for 2 sets of 15
Wide Nuetral Cable Row:
160 for 12
180 for 2 sets of 12
Rear Cable Fly:
20 for 20
30 for 3 sets of 15
