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 getting killed with the Yoke Bar. Some of the Purdue Barbell lifters came to train and lend a hand since my crew was a few people down. I really appreciate them coming and helping, it was a good day of training. I hit a nice PR on the Yoke Bar, but then after some really hard work, I just slowed down as my low back started to really tighten up. I hit the reverse hyper and some ab work and just wrapped up the day. It was still a big successful day squat wise, so that's what I like to see. I still have a love/hate relationship with this bar.
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Items Used in this Training Session
Pro Mini Band
SS Yoke Bar
Pro Light Band
Warm Up
Reverse Hyper - 290x3x15
Grip Work
None for the day
A1) SSB Squat
65x10
115x5
155x5
205x3
245x3
295x3
335x3
365x1
385x1
405x1
425x1 - PR
380x4
340x10
B1) SSB Pause Squat
275x6
285x6
295x6
315x6
C1) SSB Good Morning (beltless)
165x2x10 - close stance
My low back started to get really tight so I shut this down
D1) SL Reverse Hyper
3x15
D2) GHR
3 sets
E1) Sit Ups off GHR vs Band
3x15
E2) Standing Band Crunches
2x20