On Saturday Daniel Tinajero, Jo Jordan, Trinity and I helped set up a paralympic bench and gave some bench instructions with Charlie Merritt at the Paralyzed Veterans of America in Sanford. We hope to make this a more regular event and to get more of the disabled veterans involved as we go.
I have been competitively powerlifting for over 20 years. Within that time I have competed raw, single ply and multi ply. I hold the highest all time total of 1930 at 148, the third highest total of 2045 at 165 and have broken over 35 world records, over 25 of which I still hold. Through the years in this sport I have learned a great deal from various training methods, met and formed long lasting friends, as well as learned the importance of balancing life, work, and training.
Elitefts accepted me as a team member over ten years ago and I am currently the longest standing still competing powerlifter on the site. I appreciate Dave Tate and Elitefts for giving me the opportunity to learn from and teach others through the Q&A and my training log.
In 2005 I opened Orlando Barbell – a 24 hour powerlifting friendly gym. As well as running Orlando Barbell I designed and sell the Home GHR , the The OBB Power Handles and the Doorway Home Gym, wrote the 12 Weeks to a Bigger Bench EBook, and produced the 12Weeks to a Bigger Bench DVD.
My latest contribution was writing the M2 Method EBook, designed to be the quintessential Raw Powerlifting training manual for beginners to advanced lifters looking to get stronger and prevent injury while incorporating the powerlifts.
A couple laps around the building for a warm up:
5 mins treadmill
Prehab
PVC rolled on:
Lower back, shifted to right and left
Upper back, shifted to right and left scapula w/hips up
Armpits
Hamstrings
Glutes
Adductors
Raw Cambered Bar High Box (Low Box+Hard Foam Pad)-
135x5
225x3
315x3
w/reverse light bands-
365x3
w/Metal all black knee wraps-
405x3
I haven’t squatted in a couple of weeks, so this was a good enough start.
There’s no question that social media has changed the way people look at themselves and the surrounding world. People are viewing the world through the screen on their phone rather than experiencing it. Powerlifting is no exception. It seems that people now think that every event in their life needs to be documented on social media or it’s like it didn’t happen. It honestly makes me kind of sad to scroll through my feed and see nothing but lift after lift. I understand that you may want to document your training (it’s almost the new form of training log I guess) or if you try something new or hit a PR that you want to document it, but my point is that social media could also be used for so many more positive reasons. Help someone. Promote a positive cause. Do something to help make a positive change in the world. Document that. I can assure you that you’ll feel better about it than just another lift. Just something to think about.
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