8 days till food! I mean... till Competition. As excited as I am to compete, and see all my PL friends and family, and check out the Elitefts compound-- I'd be lying if I said I wasn't super excited to dig into some good food after lifting! As I said before, I let myself get way to far off from my competition weight this training cycle (keep in mind we have 2hour weigh ins)-- and I had to deal with the consequences of that. Live and learn, this next time around I won't get so lazy/lax with my diet and nutrition.
In an effort to make it easier to "see" my training-- I've highlighted my top sets in red/bold. This means that this was my "top" set for the day, and any sets that follow are "down" sets/back off sets. These will usually either be a "load-drop" down set (reduce the top set by 5%) or a "repeat" down set (repeat the top set weight for a certain number of sets). Very often if I'm working up to a 9rpe-- the back off sets will be "load drops". If I'm working up to an 8rpe-- the back off sets will be "repeats".
I didn't take much video this week, mainly because when I'm this close to meet-- the thought of videoing can be distracting. While I'm always trying to be conscious of technique, and executing the lift with integrity-- at this point in my training cycle, there's no room to be "changing things". It could be because I'm still "green" as far as PL goes (~3 years lifting/competing), but reviewing video this close to a meet makes me a bit of a head case. The urge to try and dissect, tweak, etc. my form is hard to resist. Point is-- this close to a meet, videoing my main lifts makes me a head case. I know this about myself, so I just don't video. I did however, get video of a rep PR on my secondary squat movement (Squat w/chains)! I've done this weight before, but I was 15-20lbs heavier in bodyweight.
2/21
| Squat w/belt | Competition Raw Bench | Push Press | |||||||||
| Set # | Load | Reps | RPE | Set # | Load | Reps | RPE | Set # | Load | Reps | RPE |
| 1 | 295 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 155 | 3 | 6.5 | 1 | 95 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 315 | 3 | 8.5 | 2 | 175 | 3 | 8.5 | 2 | 105 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 325 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 180 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 115 | 5 | 7.5 |
| 4 | 310 | 3 | 8.5 | 4 | 175 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 120 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 120 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
| 6 | 120 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
| 7 | 120 | 5 | 8 |
2/23
| Deadlift w/belt | Pin Press (at chest) | SSB Squat | |||||||||
| Set # | Load | Reps | RPE | Set # | Load | Reps | RPE | Set # | Load | Reps | RPE |
| 1 | 315 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 135 | 5 | 6.5 | 1 | 155 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | 345 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 155 | 5 | 7.5 | 2 | 205 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | 365 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 175 | 5 | 8.5 | 3 | 245 | 5 | 7.5 |
| 4 | 385 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 165 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 245 | 5 | 7.5 |
| 5 | 365 | 3 | 8.5 | 5 | 245 | 5 | 7.5 | ||||
| 6 | 365 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 245 | 5 | 8 |
2/26
| Squat + ~50c | Touch and Go Bench | CG Floor Press | |||||||||
| Set # | Load | Reps | RPE | Set # | Load | Reps | RPE | Set # | Load | Reps | RPE |
| 1 | 225 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 135 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 135 | 6 | 6.5 |
| 2 | 245 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 155 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 155 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | 265 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 | 165 | 3 | 7.5 | 3 | 155 | 6 | 8 |
| 4 | 275 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 175 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 155 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 5 | 275 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 185 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 155 | 6 | 8.5 |
| 6 | 275 | 3 | 8.5 | 6 | 175 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 7 | 275 | 3 | 9 |
Squat + ~50c full chain weight: 275x3 (no belt)
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