Since returning from the PLEXP2 in at EliteFTS my life has been 1000 miles per hour. I have been working double shifts for several days at work due to some issues. In between work and sleep I have been taking my daughter to and from basketball camp all week, getting in training, rearranging our gym and getting a couple new pieces to add to our growing collection, spending time with my father, pressure washing the house and the list goes on and on.
I have been trying to get some training in and get healed up some. My body has taken a beating traveling and training and working. With that being said I will be heading to Columbia, South Carolina and spending time with my good friend Donnie Thompson at his latest seminar and learning about body tempering, recovery and a slew of other beneficial things meat heads need to know that Donnie is becoming renowned for.
This week I picked up a reverse hyper for our gym from a good friend of mine here in NC. He decided to get rid of it and I really wanted it. This piece was truly my last piece on my powerlifitng wish list to get. Mission accomplished! Lifting for this week has really been more accessory/recovery/body building do to time constraints and over all body depletion. I was able to get in a good squat day this week but that's really about it as far as primary movements go. I will be getting back on track next week and ready to go. I smell a meet a coming....
I joined team elitefts™ in 2007. I have been competing in powerlifting for 20 years now. During these past 20 years I have competed raw bench only, multiply bench only, raw push/pull, multiply push/pull, multiply deadlift only, raw full power and multiply full power. I got my start as a raw bench only lifter. My best raw bench-press in competition is 530 pounds in the 242 weight class. I competed raw bench only many years then switched over to multiply bench only. My best multiply bench-press in competition is 805 pounds in the 308 weight class weighing in at 286 pounds. I have remained ranked as one of the top 15 multiply bench pressers in the world for my weight class for the past 10 years. My best ranking for the year is currently 4th place for my weight class. I hold several APF and SPF Federation state, national and world records. I also have an elite total for full power raw and an elite total for full power multiply. I am 41 years old. I am a circulation manager for two NC newspapers. I live in Nebo, NC and train at my own private training facility – Nebobarbell. My Greatest achievement is that I am a father of one magnificent, wonderful, smart and beautiful daughter - Katelyn Smith. She trains with me, she is a McDowell High Lady Titan Basketball Player, Lady Bandits Travel Basketball Player, throws shot-put and discs for her High School Track Team, competes with Team Nebobarbell in powerlifting meets and above all is a straight A student with a current 5.0 GPA. I am currently in off season training and still rehabbing from 2 major surgeries in the past 18 months. The first surgery I went under the knife to have repaired was a complete anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear and a lateral meniscus tear. Both of these injuries were done on the right knee. 7 months later the second surgery was to repair a complete distal biceps tendon tear. I had this reattached to the bone. The injury was to my left arm. I am currently in off season training preparing for a multiply bench only meet some time this year….