I’m currently in meet prep for the 2016 XPC Finals at the Arnold Sports Festival on March 5th, in Columbus, Ohio. I will be competing at 132 pounds, raw with knee wraps.

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Due to MLK Day, the university was closed, and the rec was on some weird hours, so my normal client schedule was a bit weird. So with some of my down time I opted to get my training session in at the rec. The weather is so damn cold here (about 5-10 degrees, with a sub zero windchill) that I didn't really want to heat up the garage to get in a 30 minute session. So I'm going to hit my grip work on Tuesday instead. Just a fun little day getting more blood flow going and building up some specific weak areas. Overall a fun session, and I got in some curls. So that was new.


Items Used in this Training Session

A1) Close Grip Bench Press 5x20

B1) Cable Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns with Handles 6x20 - using the handles allowed for an awesome contraction

C1) Incline Chest Press Machine 3x20

D1) DB Lateral Partials (Hang and Swing) 6x20

E1) Seated Cable Flys 3x25

F1) Run the Rack DB Curls 1 round - I felt just like blowing up my biceps before leaving. Guilty.


Brandon Smitley
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