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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Saturday I was back to training some heavy squats and deadlifts. Weights are beginning to slowly ramp up to accumulate more overall volume of work. I made some minor adjustments to my hand width on the squats and I felt like I was stay much more upright and my positioning looked way better. My camera was giving me a false sense of depth, so I played around with that angle as well and things look to be right where they need to be as well. It was just one of those sessions though that you just have to push through to finish. I'll admit, that the beginning of my preps are usually daunting on paper, and some days pushing through just sucks. But I know after the first few weeks, I will appreciate it, as it sets me up for success later on. Things look to be moving along good though, especially compared to my last meet prep for XPC, so that's a huge plus.
Next week I should be working up close to what I expect to be a last warm up on both lifts. This should give me a good idea of where I am and hopefully begin to give me an idea of openers so I can plan accordingly.
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Items Used in this Training Session
Chains
EZ Loaders
Light Band
Warm Up
Reverse Hyper - 305x3x12
Band Leg Extensions - 3x25
A1) Squat
65x10
155x5
205x4
245x3
295x3
335x2
375x1
400x2x3
420x4x2
B1) Sumo Deadlift
135x5
245x3
295x3
335x2
385x1
420x2x3
440x4x2
C1) Sumo Block Pull from 3 mats vs 8 Chains
495x1
465x2
D1) FFE Reverse Lunges
4x12 per leg
E1) Spread Eagle Sit Ups vs Band
4x12