I'm currently in a off season style of training, trying to bring up weak points and improve body composition for the duration of the summer. At the end of summer I will reevaluate where I stand, and decide whether I would like to compete in the late fall, or wait until the XPC Finals in March of 2016.
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Sunday was my final day of reverse band benching for the training block. Overall I made some pretty good improvements and feel that this movement has helped me gain quite a bit of confidence under these loads. I was feeling pretty drained from the Yoke bar squats the day prior, but I have my training set up that way one purpose. It just took me a bit to get going, and I can begin to tell it's almost time for a deload. I'm feeling a bit tired, losing motivation to train, and just in general taking a bit more to get warmed up. Next weekend I will be at elitefts for the Powerlifting Experience 2.0, so that will likely be my final heavy week, and then I'll slow things down for a deload soon after. But in general, what felt like was going to be a crappy day of training, ended up not being that bad. Small improvements forward.
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Items Used in this Training Session
Pro Mini Bands
Chains
Warm Up
DB Bench Press - 50's x4x12
Mini Band Face Pulls - 100 total reps
Band Rotations - 3x15/side
A1) Reverse Mini Band Bench Press
45x10
95x5
135x5 - add reverse mini bands
185x3
225x3
275x3
295x3
315x3
335x1
355x1 - PR
320x5
285x10
B1) Close Grip Floor Press vs Chains
95x8 - add 2 chains per side
135x6
175x6
185x6
195x6
205x6
225x4 - strip chains for 2 drop sets
C1) Neutral Grip DB Bench
3x12-20
D1) Chain Skull Crushers
100 total reps
E1) Lat Pulldowns
3x10-15
3x8-12 - reverse grip
F1) Reverse Curls
3x15