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Training Log: Week 1

Week 1 Day 1

11/3/2014

I’m excited to be sharing my training over the next 12-weeks leading up to the Powerlifting competition, RPS 2-Day North American & New Jersey Championships on January 24th.

I’ll be using a block periodization program I’ve written up. It is a 12-week program with  three stages: Accumulation (High Volume, Low Intensity), Transmutation (Moderate Volume, Moderate Intensity) and Realization (Low Volume, High Intensity).

During the Accumulation I will be training four days a week.

Day 1: Deadlift emphasis

Day 2: Bench emphasis

Day 3: Squat emphasis

Day 4: OHP emphasis.

Transmutation will be three days a week.

Day 1: Deadlift emphasis, Squat, Bench

Day 2: Bench emphasis, Deadlift, Squat

Day 3: Squat emphasis, Bench, Deadlift

Realization is two days.

Day 1: Squat, Deadlift

Day 2: Bench

Last competition I hit 1640 total. My goal is to better that and my 700 deadlift.

My first workout:

Sets/reps

Deadlift: 6 X 5 @ 405

http://youtu.be/IjI3k4sQ4WI?list=UUINjWml-NhZOJoTXTOTwePg

I’ve been practicing my sumo pull for the past couple months and it feels great to be back conventional pulling. Every set was at this speed which I was happy with. I’ll be pulling conventional at the competition.

GHR: 4 X 12

DB Rows: 3 X 20 @ 100

Reverse Crunch: 4 X 12

First workout in the books and everything felt great!

Week 1 Day 2

11/5/2014

This was my first day back benching in about two months. My shoulder has been irritated for a little while now. If it doesn’t feel 100% after this workout, I will probably do a deadlift only meet. We’ll see how my shoulder feels over the next few days.

Bench: 6 X 5 @ 225

Incline DB Press: 1X 20 @ 60, 2 X 20 @ 65

Pull-ups: 4 X 10

superset w/

Facepulls: 4 X 15-20

Tricep Pushdown: 3 X 15

superset w/

Hammer curls: 3 X 15

Benching went well! Now we’ll see how the shoulder feels tomorrow.

Week 1 Day 3

Squat: 6 X 5 @ 315

Safety Squat bar Good Mornings (GM): 2 X 15 @ 155

Goblet Squat: 3 X 20 @ 32kg

KB Reverse lunge: 3 X 10 @ 20kg superset w/ Body weight squat 3 X 20

Squats were moving really fast. I was struggling a bit to hit depth which has never really been much of a problem before. Other than that things felt great.

Week 1 Day 4

OHP: 6 X 5 @ 135 w/ T-spine extensions and Cossack squats

DB Incline Press: 2 X 20 @ 60  – 1 minute rest

T-bar row: 4 X 12 @ 190 w/ Lateral raises: 3 X 20 @ 20

Standing neutral pulldowns: 3 X 12 @ 60?

Tricep Pushdowns: 3 X 15-20 @ 70?

Great workout. Took about an hour. OHP felt way better than benching, the overhead movements don’t seem to bother my shoulder.

Weekly recap

After benching on Wednesday I don’t feel comfortable enough to bench competitively in January. I am going to continue to bench and OHP, but I will not be pushing it too much. My shoulder feels good, just not good enough to give it my all.

I will continue to squat, bench, deadlift, OHP, but my plan for the meet is to do deadlift only.

1)      Trust Me, You Have the Time: Fitness Excuses Under Scrutiny via Bret Contreras

2)      Why Adults Can’t Squat Like Babies and Should Stop Trying To via Dean Somerset

3)      Weighty Matters: What I Learned By Actually Reading That Drinking Milk Will Kill You Study via Yoni Freedhoff

4)      6 Reasons Anterior Core Stability Exercises Are Essential via Eric Cressey

5)      Living Well With Fibromyalgia: How nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle strategies can help alleviate the pain. via Ryan D Andrews

6)      How to Perform Band Assisted Pull ups + Advanced Variation via Nia Shanks

7)      Who Stole The Soul?  via Bryan Krahn

8)      Be the Center Ball via Eric Dawson

9)      Breaking Family (Health & Fitness) Traditions via Miguel Aragoncillo

10)  The 5 Jackasses of Fitness via Dan John

11)  Exercise Creativity Gone Wrong via Tony Bonvechio

12)  3 All-Time Badasses You Need To Know About via Chad Wesley Smith

13)  The Truth Behind Emphasizing “Good” Fats In Your Diet via Jordan Syatt

14)  Can eccentric training help prevent hamstring strains? via Chris Beardsley

15)  The Great Comparison Hoax via Rog Law

1)      Trust Me, You Have the Time: Fitness Excuses Under Scrutiny via Bret Contreras

2)      Why Adults Can’t Squat Like Babies and Should Stop Trying To via Dean Somerset

3)      Weighty Matters: What I Learned By Actually Reading That Drinking Milk Will Kill You Study via Yoni Freedhoff

4)      6 Reasons Anterior Core Stability Exercises Are Essential via Eric Cressey

5)      Living Well With Fibromyalgia: How nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle strategies can help alleviate the pain. via Ryan D Andrews

6)      How to Perform Band Assisted Pull ups + Advanced Variation via Nia Shanks

7)      Who Stole The Soul?  via Bryan Krahn

8)      Be the Center Ball via Eric Dawson

9)      Breaking Family (Health & Fitness) Traditions via Miguel Aragoncillo

10)  The 5 Jackasses of Fitness via Dan John

11)  Exercise Creativity Gone Wrong via Tony Bonvechio

12)  3 All-Time Badasses You Need To Know About via Chad Wesley Smith

13)  The Truth Behind Emphasizing “Good” Fats In Your Diet via Jordan Syatt

14)  Can eccentric training help prevent hamstring strains? via Chris Beardsley

15)  The Great Comparison Hoax via Rog Law

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Good Fitness Reads of the Week (11/2/2014)

Hope you enjoyed your Halloween weekend!

Lots of great stuff this week!

This week’s edition has 15 recommended readings, my most recent article, “4 Simple Tips for Fitness Success” and the latest episode of The Angry Coaches, “Getting Mad At the Bar Won’t Make You Stronger “.

Even more great stuff next week!

In addition to the recommended readings and The Angry Coaches, I will be starting my training log in preparation for a powerlifting meet in January! Last year around this time I posted my first 700lb deadlift and I plan to better that at this next meet!

I’ll be posting each workout with along with videos. Hope you enjoy!

Angry Coaches

A lot of [internet] powerlifter’s give off the impression that you need to be pissed off to get the most out of your training.

They make people think you need to get slapped in the face and slam your head against the wall to psych yourself up before every attempt.

Jordan Syatt deadlifts nearly 4x body weight and he says that’s not the case. I wholeheartedly agree.

We discuss exactly why in this weeks’ short 3-min episode of The Angry Coaches

Article(s) by Adam

4 Simple Tips for Fitness Success

Recommended Readings

1)      The Truth About Muscle Confusion Training via Tom Venuto

2)      Troubleshooting the Deadlift via Justin Kompf

3)      Crawling Your Face Off via Dean Somerset

4)      The Morning Crunch: Keystone Habits via Pat Koch

5)      Does resistance-training change muscle fiber type? via Chris Beardsley

6)      4 Tips for Training Clients for Strength via Greg Robins

7)      Deloading is a Waste of Your Time via Jordan Syatt

8)      (Never) Eat Alone via Nate Green

9)      Lessons Learned Preparing For My First Powerlifting Meet – Part II via Ryan Wood

10)  Green Coffee Extract – Scientific Review on Usage, Dosage, Side Effects via Examine.com

11)  Master the Sumo Deadlift via Jordan Syatt

12)  New Insight into Rest Intervals for Muscle Growth via Brad Schoenfeld

13)  4 Training & Diet Arguments: Resolved! via Nick Tumminello

14)  Rethinking Percentage Based Training via Tony Gentilcore

15)  Autoregulating Your Training via Mike Tuchscherer

 

 

 

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