I’m currently in meet prep for the 2015 IPA Grand Prix Nationals at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on October 24th, in Columbus, Ohio. I will be competing at 132 pounds, raw with knee wraps.
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Sunday was back to some heavy bench pressing. Weights have slowly increased to acquire some more volume, and my bar speed is looking great for the weights I'm handling. My video skills sucked for the day, as some of the Purdue Barbell lifters came down to get in some heavy squats. They are approaching about a month out from their meet, so I am doing everything I can to help them get dialed in. They'll probably be back next week as well, as I believe they will be taking their heaviest squats of the training cycle. It was a good atmosphere we had, and I'm sure next week will match it.
Unfortunately, I will be losing a training partner due to college. He's still going to be driving down on the weekend's to train, but this means moving forward we're down to just me and Kyle. There is nothing wrong with this, but having Trey around has been a huge help. I'd love to get another guy (or girl) in, but that will be TBD. Chances are I'll wait until after the meet and see how things go. The crew is still strong on the weekends, and really that's all we need right now.
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Items Used in this Training Session
Chains
EZ Loaders
Mini Band
Grenades
Warm Up
DB Bench Press - 55's x3x15
Mini Band Face Pulls - 4x25
Overhead Band Side Bends - 3x15/side
A1) Bench Press
45x10
95x5
135x5
185x3
225x2
245x1
265x2x3
280x4x2
B1) Close Grip Foam Board vs 2 Chains/Side
185x5
225x3
260x3 - PR
C1) JM Press vs Short Mini Bands
135x8
145x8
155x8
95x15
D1) Cable Pressdowns
50 total reps
Immediately followed by
Overhead Band Tricep Extensions with Grenades
50 total reps
E1) Band Lateral Raises
3 sets of near failure
E2) Bent Over Band Rear Delt Flys
3 sets of near failure
F1) DB Flys
50 total reps