After sustaining multiple low back issues the past year, and coming off a terrible showing at the XPC Bench Bash, I'm now I can do what's best for my body. I've recently opened up a new training facility, THIRST, so I'm trying to balance life and training the best I can, with hopes that I can compete in some capacity by the end of 2018.

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Making some good, slow steady progress on the squat and deadlift. For the most part, things are still feeling great. I feel as if they should be considering how light the work is, but I've had to start somewhere. Even if I can get to maybe 50% by the end of the year and have that feeling good, we can spring board into actually getting some good weights around. If anything, I just like that I'm able to get back and do some kind of training that feels it's got direction again.


Items Used in this Training Session

Warm Up
Tons of PRI Based Stuff

A1) Duffalo Bar Squat
70x5x10
*Tech Work*

B1) Sumo Deadlift
75x20x1
*Tech Work*

C1) SSB Good Mornings vs Light Bands
65x3x12

D1) Assisted Inverse Curl
3x10
*I tried setting these up on the lat pulldown, and didn't really like the way they felt or worked out.*

E1) Reverse Hyper Leg Curls
4x12
E2) Close Stance Heels Elevated Goblet Squats
4x15

F1) Straight Leg KB Overhead Sit Ups
4x10