[quote]jthsiao wrote:
xb100 wrote:
Hey everyone, My name is Rob and I post most of my stuff over in the BOI thread, however my training has taken a turn for the better. I’ve switched over to a Westside template, and have hopes of competing in the future. I figured I would start posting my training over here to get feed back from people who have used this training method before.
I train 3 days a week.
Monday-ME Upper
Wens-ME Lower
Fri-DE Upper
I’ve tried squatting 2x a week, however it just totally destroys my CNS.
Here is todays training.
ME Upper
Bench
bar x 20
115 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 3
165 x 3
185 x 2 (+1)
add 3 board
195 x 1
205 x 2
225 x miss
Floor Press
45’s 3x15 (palms facing in)
DB External Rotation
15’s 2x10
Lat Pulldown
100 2x20
First time using a 3 board, I do not bench with an arch, something I’ve had trouble doing. I will be going over my bench technique as well as squat technique with my training partner tomorrow. He will be competing in his 1st meet this upcoming November.
Good session.
-XB
Welcome! You’ll find that everyone here are very supportive, as long you train hard. And if you ever slack off, Meat’s gonna set you straight. 
Your profile says you’re 6’3", 163 lb. What are your lifts so far and do you have any short terms goals?
When you fail a lift, where are you failing? You probably already know this (but it’s always a good reminder), Westside is a very adaptive scheme where you’d want to attack your weaknesses. So, identify your weakness and hit it hard![/quote]
My personal bests are all gym lifts.
Bench 205
Box Squat 245
Deadlift 300x4
I wore a belt on the squat and deadlifts.
My short term goals are to bench 225 squat 275 and deadlift 350.
I want to compete in powerlifting also, raw as of now because I don’t have the money for the bench shirts or squat suites ect. I’m familar with powerliftingwatch.com I just can’t find any powerlifting meets at or around my area. They are mostly in Ohio or Michigan
I normally pull conventional, but think I should switch to sumo, I will hopefully be getting some mats to deadlift off of and I will see how those work. I think my best sumo pull was 295 x 3 with a belt.
My hamstring are really weak, my best GM ever was 135. I also struggle coming out of the hole on my squats, I do not know how to train for this, below parallel box squats?
For my bench on the set of 185, I got stuck about 3-4" above my chest on my third rep for about 10-15 seconds. Then I switched to the board presses. I think these help out tremendously. Having strong triceps is always a good thing. I started reading articles Louie Simmons wrote ages ago and one thing I always remember is training the triceps hard.
I also run track in the spring 100m and 200m. For now my main focus will be getting stronger, and hopefully my strength will carryover into my athletics.
Hopefully this isn’t to much information all at once.
-XB
