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 I was back to squatting heavy. After being at Elitefts and using the spider bar, I opted to go with the SS Yoke Bar as it's the closest thing I have to that. I really suck with the Yoke Bar, so this was a great choice, and it had been a while since I had gone heavy with this bar. I decided to make most of my training session based upon using this bar for the day, and it totally kicked my ass. It shoves me forward pretty bad. While my reps certainly weren't the cleanest things in the world, it was giving me the work I certainly need. More steps in the right direction though and still being able to train hard while keeping myself pretty healthy.
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Items Used in this Training Session
Pro Mini Band
SS Yoke Bar
Pro Light Band
Tsunami Lat Pulldown Bar
Warm Up
Reverse Hyper - 290x3x15
Grip Work
A1) Plate Pinch Deadlift - 115x1 (PR); 105x3
B1) CoC #0.5 - 2 sets of max reps per hand; 1 set of max hold
C1) Pinky Pinches - 2 sets
A1) SSB Squat
65x10
115x5
155x5
205x3
245x3
295x3
335x3
365x3
385x3
395x3 - PR
355x7
315x11
B1) SSB Pause Squat
205x5
235x8
255x8
275x8
C1) SSB Good Morning (beltless)
165x2x10 - close stance
175x2x10 - wide stance
D1) Close Stance TKE Squats
4x25
E1) Tsunami Bar Lat Pulldown
3x10-12
E2) Sit Ups vs Band
5x15; 1x25 (no band)
F1) Seated Band Leg Curls
100 straight reps