This past Sunday Casey and I competed in the XPC Finals and qualified for the Arnold. I will be posting a detailed write up about the meet. We both made an easy cut and it was good practice for any future cuts- turns out I was doing it all wrong.
Went 7/9 ending up with 330/175/360. Total: 865 @ 132
10lbs more than my last meet total and a 25lb squat PR.
Walked in the gym today and went straight to the fan heater. It's currently 25 degrees here. Casey turned to me and asked what I was doing today. My thoughts were not even close to the fact that today was day 1 of meet prep. The week flew by so quick. I was dreading it at first but I was mentally checked in.
Next few weeks I will be changing it up and using accommodating resistance and specialty bars. I'll slowly get back to competition bars and using wraps for squats. Previous meet preps I would throw in wraps the last few weeks of prep, but I will be adding them sooner just to get accustomed and for overload work.
Warm up :
slight incline on the treadmill 10 minutes
Fat Bell RDL's 3 x 10
Mobility stretches
Safety Squat Bar:
added 1 chain each side x 10
2 chains each side x 10
Quarter, Plate, Quarter each 6 reps
Working sets of 205 + 80lbs of chains 4 x 6
Assistance:
Pit Shark close stance (light) 4 x 10
GHRs 3 x 10
Lunges with Fatbells 3 x 10 each leg
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