I'm currently in a off season style of training, trying to bring up weak points and improve body composition for the duration of the summer. At the end of summer I will reevaluate where I stand, and decide whether I would like to compete in the late fall, or wait until the XPC Finals in March of 2016.
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Saturday was my first heavy deadlift training session back since the deload. It was a very good training session, but it was incredibly hot. The weather for the day was in the mid 90's with the heat index well over 100. It really was the first time the heat had actually began to get to me. I still got through the session pretty well, but still cut things a little shorter than I would have liked. But I got in some good work on my main movements, and the rest was just kind of filler. I'm hoping when I come back to this in two weeks that the weather is a bit better and that I don't feel like absolute death afterwards. Great steps forward on my deadlift though.
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Items Used in this Training Session
Average Bands
Light Bands
Cambered Squat Bar
Warm Up
Reverse Hyper - 290x4x12
Grip Work
A1) Plate Pinch Deadlift - 122.5x1, 105x5, 90x8
B1) CoC #1 - 10 total reps per hand
C1) Pinky Pinches - 2 sets per hand
A1) Reverse Average Band Sumo Deadlift
135x5
185x5 - add bands
225x3
315x3
365x3
405x3
455x3
495x3
545x3
565x3 - PR
480x10 - PR
425x12 - PR (shut this down a bit early, had plenty more left in the tank)
B1) Conventional Pin Pull vs Quad Light Bands
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x5
C1) Cambered Bar Good Mornings (beltless)
155x10
205x10
225x2x10
D1) Wtd GHH/Back Ext off GHR
3x15
D2) Band Pull Throughs
3x20
E1) Straight Leg Sit Ups vs Band
4x12