Started the last tough week of training today. Josh and I will continue to train next week, but with lighter weight…just to stay loose and stay in the routine of lifting. Kinda feeling around for openers this week as well. Here is what we did today:
Squats: Couple warm-up sets and then went 475, 505, 565, 595
Then did “I go, you go” drop sets of 455, 405, 365, 315, 225 all for 5 reps
Finished up with heavy lunges, stiff legged dl, abductors, hamstring curls and extensions.
It’s a been a while since I’ve posted. Partly because I’ve been busy, but also because I haven’t had anything too exciting to write about. Right now Josh and I are in the meat and potatoes part of the training – It is just week after week of hard/heavy training and it takes a toll on you. You struggle to find the right balance between recovery and training. You hate yourself for just missing that bench or deadlift so you want to come back to it twice more that week. It’s a mental thing…it plays tricks with your head, but I’m confident we’ll pull through, we always do.
Here is how things are looking:
Squat: I’ve been hitting 585 consistently and I’m happy with that
Bench: 455 is no problem anymore, just working on assisted sets with 470+ to get more comfortable with that weight
Deadlift: Somedays I’m good for 600+ somedays not, but this is where I really feel my hip/leg fatigue. I’m still confident I’ll hit good numbers at contest time.
Other News: Weight continues to be a struggle for me. I’ve been down as far as 276 and then back up to 281. My diet is so much cleaner that what it was and I’m continuing with 3-5 days of tough cardio…I guess that’s all I can do. Josh suffered some strained muscles in his back 2 weeks ago. He had to switch to a sumo deadlift, but I think that’s a better technique for him anyway. His squat has went down some, but he should still be in the 400s and bench is coming back – he got 335 today. Also his weight is coming up – 196#s.
