Competitively - My last competition was the UPA Summer Showdown August 6th - And my gameplan is compete in another raw meet this winter; and continue to build towards qualifying for a larger raw meet for next year. I've been competing for about 6 years and spent the last 3 competing in multi-ply gear.
I'm currently the Fitness Director at Ohio University as well as Event Coordinator for EliteFTS. I'm also involved in coaching and public speaking on topics relating to powerlifting, coaching, education, and mental health.
Saturday was my first day back deadlifting. I love pushing deadlifts and shooting for rep records so I knew I had to go in mentally forcing myself to hold back since I was only a week post-meet. I was actually supposed to do 515lbs on my last work set but accidentally loaded 525; and just did that for 5 easy reps and stopped there. I didn't want any technique breakdown. I didn't do any squatting and just did sets of hamstring curls and hanging leg raises to finish out. I also got a chance to meet new elitefts columnist (and strong-AF dude) Maliek Derstine; and it'll be awesome to see how he does at Boss of Bosses this weekend.
Warm Up (about 5-10 mins):
*Breathing Drills
*Trigger Point Muscle Activation
Strength Work:
A. Deadlifts
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405x3
465x3
525x5 (was supposed to be 515)
B. Lying Hamstring Curls - 5x12
E. Hanging Leg Raises - 3x12
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