Florida's Strongest Man Competition

December 12, 2015 / Nationals 2016 Qualifications 

What I took from training with Dave Tate a few weeks ago and started to do in my training was warm up more efficiently. When we warm up and make 25lb jumps or even 50lb jumps, that's a lot considering, percentage wise, especially for us girls. So, I've started to make smaller jumps leading to the weight I want to do that day. Not only am I getting more volume in my training but I'm not setting myself up for failure with pressing or squatting and warming up in 25lb-45lb increments. Again, this is something that has been working for me, not everyone is the same.

Axel Overhead Strict Presses (4 x 6)

40lbs x 3, 45lbs x 3, 50lbs x 3, 55lbs x 3, 60lbs x 3, 65lbs x 2, 70lbs x 2, 75lbs x 2, 80lbs x 6, 85lbs x 6, 90lbs x 6, 95lbs x 6, 100lbs x 6, 105lbs x 6

110lbs x 3, deload to 100lbs x 2, deloaded to 80lbs x 5 (burnout set w/ spotter)

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Close Grip Bench (4 x 8) 

65lbs x 5, 85lbs x 5, 95lbs x 5, 110lbs x 5, 120lbs x 5

135lbs x 4 x 8

before the sequence would have gone: the bar (45lbs), 95lbs, 135lbs

Accessories:

Incline DB presses 4 x 15 - 30lb DB's

Simmon Presses 3 x 15 - 15lb DB's

Single DB Presses 4 x 10/10 - 25lb DB's

Band Pushdowns 3 x 30