I’m currently in meet prep for the 2016 APF Equipped Nationals, in Orlando, Florida on May 28th, 2016. I will be competing at 132 pounds, raw with knee wraps. The big picture is to prep for this meet, and obtain a top three placing to qualify for WPC Worlds in November.
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Tuesday I got in my heaviest deadlift training day of the meet prep. Weights seemed to look and move very well, and arguably the best they ever have leading up into a meet. I feel that I've done a great job of addressing weak points and listening to my body a bit more. Deadlifts felt so good that once I got to 500 I just decided to pull what would be a PR attempt from a slight block height, and then call it a day. I held on to 500 the best I ever have as well, so my grip work is certainly paying off. With the heaviest squat and deadlift now out of the way, I've just got to take a really heavy bench press day on Sunday and then we start pull back on everything (thank goodness). I've never been so ready for a meet and an off season. Nearly 6 months straight of meet prep has definitely taken it's toll on me.
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Items Used in this Training Session
SS Yoke Bar
EZ Loaders
Chains
Mini Band
Warm Up
Reverse Hyper - 3x15
Standing Cable Crunch - 3x15
A1) SSB Speed Squats vs 3 Chains Per Side
65x10
65x5 - add chains
115x3
155x2
175x2
190x10x2
B1) Pause Squats
155x5
205x5
260x3
295x3
335x13 - PR
C1) Sumo Deadlifts
135x5
245x3
295x2
335x1
385x1
415x1
445x1
480x2x1
500x1
515x1 - add 2 mats (1.5")
D1) Stiff Leg Deadlifts
245x8
295x8
335x8
365x8 - PR
E1) GHR vs Band
3x8
F1) Reverse Hyper
3x30
G1) Standing Cable Crunches
4x20