JP Carroll is an elite powerlifter from Chicago, Illinois. His top achievement in the sport is a 945-pound squat which is currently ranked 25th all-time SHW raw/wraps. His best total is 2281 — His current goal is to total 2300. His motto: "I’ve dug myself into many holes in life… Here I stand with a big back, broad shoulders and my head held high. Adversity builds character. The scars both physical and mental I carry, serve as reminders that after the darkest nights the sun shall rise again. I’d rather be laid to rest with arthritic hands, a broken heart and scarred skin than being put in my box having led an uneventful life, exiting unscathed — everybody dies, but not everybody lives."
Hard work pays off — not snake oil sales and get-rich-quick schemes. That doesn’t mean you can’t get stronger quickly. It just means you’ll have to put in a little extra work, like bumping up a weight class.
Worked up to 365 straight weight and doubled over purples, for 9x3 started with 325, 3 sets and 345 3 sets and 3 sets with 365. Accessories are high rep and fast-paced picked off of weaknesses Finished with some back work and some sled drags with 5 plates- 1.5 hours total.
Have you ever dove so deep into something that the light around fades into the darkest of darks, and the only visible image is the one in your mind- the one that drives you deeper-not concerned with when you'll be ever to take in your next breath?
Buffalo bar plus blue bands and 4 plate quarter, we did these for 8x3 with speed and very little rest time. I got my ass kicked my conditioning isn't where it should be, I felt like a whale in a pool of sharks, but I finished all my sets and reps like a g. Accessories […]
When you tuck the ball and fall for a yard, and when you get rolling, take three steps forward and get pushed back two, remember: you still fell forward one step.
Deadlifts, since she's new and a dork, they're her favorite. I can't bag on her, especially after wanting to get wrapped up and take a big squat, she even says-- "dad I get what you mean by ten seconds of freedom" fucking onion ninjas.
I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing and training with Heidi, and I can say with absolute certainty that she is the real deal, an ATWR-holding meathead who’s willing to do what it takes to become, and in her case, stay the best.
Max effort is a term I'm new to, but I've got a good understanding of the principal- strain. After three plates I took quarter jumps and worked up to 545 with a close grip on the incline bench. I had the red shoulder saver pad on as well, this was a tricep bench, which is […]
Last week I tried 780 and missed, as I did this week. I took 690 for a triple previous week and wanted this. So I got out from under the giant cambered bar, caught my breath (sort of) and got right back at it- victory. That was one of the grittiest lifts I've ever completed. […]
I’d been using the same blueprint that goes to 500 to get me to 585, and that’s where I went wrong. I had to analyze everything in order to customize a new plan to break that 600-pound barrier. This is how I did that.
Before I get into my recap of the 2019 XPC World meet, I want to say, I took second place — even with my fifth 2,200-pound total and seventh 900-pound squat — for no other reason than I wasn’t strong enough that day.
Consumed by being able to burn everything around me down for the sake of "achievement" is a gift and a curse-if I had a magic wand and could change my ways, I'd probably break it in half grab my bag and go train.
I swear some of these clowns spent more time tagging companies and spend their savings on buying anything and everything they can to attach themselves to something bigger than their total
For 10 seconds- It's me, and only me under that bar-and trust me I love that, no not like you dweebs, like an utterly unhealthy infatuation with it. A loner, realizing it takes a village to get to that bar.
Enough of the excuses. I’m sick of hearing them. You have the energy to roll on the floor for 45 minutes before you train, take 34 selfies, and tag the gang before you leave the gym, but you can’t spend an extra 30 minutes on your back?
Everyone wants to post up the coolest and latest recovery systems, like Salt Floats, Compression Boots, Prowlers, and Sled Drags, but as a big dude (or lady) are you considering walking?
This isn’t about any unusual angles, movements, or attachments. This is just a meat and potatoes approach to building bigger legs and a bigger squat. Try this out for 6-8 weeks and see how it works for you.
All you can do is sack up, ladies ya'll want equality, well here ya have it sacking up is for you too, Injured? Sack up, tired, fired, just plum over everything, sack-the-fuckup.