BENCH PRESS (PR)

Day 3 week 3

BENCH PRESS
45x5, 135/185x3, 225/275/315x1, (added comp wraps) 365x1, (added 1 board) 395/415x1
*415 is a PR on the 1 board. with pause

ROWS
4 sets of 12

Another PR is a good thing. Tomorrow I'll be squatting up to my opener with wraps and then going down to 405 or so for some doubles.

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SQUAT

Day 2 week 3

SQUAT
45x8, 135/185/225x2, 315/365/405/455x1, (added knee wraps) 515x1, (knee wraps off, add reverse choked light bands) 565x1

My hamstrings were still sore when I went in and I've been feeling like crap lately. I think I have a bit of a "summer cold" or something. Hopefully I can still be 100% come meet time.

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BENCH PRESS (PR)

Day 1 week 3

BENCH PRESS
45/135x5, 185x3, 225/275/315x1, (added comp wraps and pause) 355x1, (added 1 board) 385/405x1
*405 is a 20 lbs PR on 1-board

SPEEDY BENCH PRESS
2 sets of 3 @ 275

Yeah, I basically just separated it into two groups to make it look like I did assistance. I was wiped after the 405.

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DEAD LIFT

day 4 week 4

DEAD LIFT
135/135/135/185/185/185/235/235/235/285/285/285/285/335/335/335x1
*All sets done with light band draped over the bar

RDL
3 sets of 10 @ 135

45* HYPER
3 sets of 15 second holds

I hate dead lifting.

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BENCH ACCY

Day 3 week 4

BENCH PRESS
45/135x5, 185/225/275/275/275x3

FACE PULLS
4 sets of 12

LAT ROWS
3 sets of 10

Dynamic dead lifts tomorrow.

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SQUAT

Day 2 week 4

WARM UP

SQUAT
45/135x5, 225/315x1, (added belt and wrist wraps) 365/405/455x1, (added comp wraps) 515x1, (rev mini bands, sans knee wraps) 545x2
*bands took of WAY too much weight, we had them looped over the rack took off about 110 at the bottom.

MACHINE LEG PRESS
3 sets of 12
*hurt my knees

Tried out the Slingshot wraps tonight. They seemed to work well. They're definitely as tight as the 3-lines are, but obviously don't have nearly as much coverage. I think they're going to be good for me though for now because 515 wasn't a problem.
I realized I only have 5 total weeks left until the meet, so I had to change the week number.

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BENCH PRESS

Day 1 week 5

BENCH PRESS
45/135x5, 185/225/275/315x1, (add comp wraps) 355x1, (add 1 board) 365/385x1

ROWS
4 sets of 10

Opener went fast and easy without the elbow sleeves.

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JULY 2nd MEET GOALS

I've decided on my attempts for the meet. I have to have a plan, and I think I have enough meet experience to call my attempts this far out (barring an injury). That said, I'm not sure if my openers are right. The goal is to get firmly into the 1500s. I really want to hit a 600 squat and 400 bench press, so dead lift is (as usual) taking a back seat. If I have to, I'll really push the dead lift just to hit the total I want. Here are my planned attempts:

Squat
518
556
601

Bench Press
353
386
402

Dead Lift
485
534
556

I got a set of slingshot wraps that I plan to use as knee wraps. They're only 3 feet long, but they're easy to put on myself and I won't have any problems with them coming off. I've put them on a couple of times and I think they're about as hard as my Metal 3 line wraps (they just cover a lot less). I'll be wearing them on my opener every other week starting next week until the meet.

Staying healthy and continuing to push my strength.

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano