R/E FULL BODY

Day 2, 1 week out from NASA meet

I went in today to just do some pumping stuff to get blood flow through my body for recovery. I held 3 boards for Chris and he worked up to 225 for a few.

I used these goofy bowflex machine type things for my upper body then moved over to the powersquat machine with a bit of weight for a few high-rep sets.

Meet is 4 days away!!!!!!!!!!!

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2011 NASA Kansas State Meet Openers and Thoughts

I'm getting psyched for the meet, but I'm trying to stay calm and rest as much as possible. Tonight I'll try to get in some foam rolling and just kinda lay around. No classes this week, so work is a little less stressful than usual. That should help.

My openers will be:

515 Squat
340 Bench Press
475 Dead Lift

My goals for the meet are:
585 Squat
380 Bench Press
535 Dead Lift
1500 Total
(these will be third attempts)
If I don't make 3rd attempts on the first two, I'll try to make up the total on dead lift if I'm feeling good. Otherwise, I'll just be happy getting PRs on the squat and bench press, since that was my goal from the start.

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M/E BENCH PRESS

Day 1, 1 week out from NASA meet

WARM UP (it was HOT in that place)

BENCH PRESS
45/45x10, 135x5, 185x2, 225/275/315/330/340x1

I was just feeling out my opener. 340 went fast with the pause, so I think that'll be the opener. It was my first night at the new gym and it seems like a decent place. They have a power squat machine, which is really cool. The rest of the equipment is typical globo-gym, but I think I can get by and they seem really friendly toward people like me.

MEET IS 5 DAYS AWAY!!! PRs, HERE I COME!

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M/E SQUAT

Day 2, 2 weeks out from NASA meet

WARM UP

SQUAT
135x5, 225x3, 315/405x1, (added knee wraps) 455/495/515x1

Brian met me at the rec and wrapped my knees for practice. The 515 is my opener and was cake in the knee wraps and I'm really pumped to see what I can do with them at my current strength level. Bench press opener on Monday then it's time to rest up!

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M/E DEAD LIFT

Day 1, 2 weeks out from NASA meet

WARM UP

DEAD LIFT
worked up to
495 x 1

I just wanted to get a feel for where I needed to be as far as an opener goes. I think I'm going to open at 475, then go 515, then if I'm on track for the total PR, I can push it on the last attempt. I haven't really dead lifted much the whole cycle, so I'm not going to complain if I don't PR on it.

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D/E BENCH PRESS

Day 3, 3 weeks out from NASA meet

I slept in today. RECOVERY TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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M/E SQUAT (PR by default, knee wraps)

Day 2, 3 weeks out from NASA meet

WARM UP

SQUAT
135x5, 225x3, 315/405x1 (add knee wraps) 455/495/525x1

Wrapping my own knees SUCKS! I wrapped for the first set standing up and really sucked. Then I sat down and wrapped for the other two and I was fine. I'm also using the standard start-from-the-bottom-and-work-up-then-fold-the-top-in wrap style.

Opener will be 515, second attempt 555, third attempt 585.
WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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M/E BENCH PRESS

Day 1, 3 weeks out from NASA state meet

WARM UP

BENCH PRESS
worked up to
345 x 1 (paused?)

some assistance crap...

I'm going to head back in on Thursday and work up to maybe 275 or 315 for a single with a good pause just to be sure. Bench press opener will be... 330? Second attempt will be... 370? I'm not sure. Feel good though.

Cam had a breakthrough today. Last rep of the day with perfect form. YES!


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