I've been feeling good and my body is responding well to the training I've been doing. I recently spoke with Dave and he feels that I'm about a month ahead of schedule for my December meet. This is setting up a "meet prep" training cycle that should allow me to only squat 3 times a month. The plan there is to allow optimal recovery, reduce the chance for injury while being able to increase my total from last year.

 

Wednesday 08.14.19

belt squats to a slightly above parallel box

worked up doing sets of 5 to a final heavy set that only allowed for 4 reps

 

step-ups - step was set to hip was about 3-4" above parallel

bodyweight for 10 steps each leg

holding 35-pound dumbbells for 10 steps each leg

holding 75-pound dumbbells for 3 sets of 10 steps each leg

 

inverse curl machine

90 pounds of assistance for 3 sets of 8 reps

 

athletic trainer

90 pounds for 2 sets of 60 seconds of steps

 

Thursday 08.15.19

 

alternating dumbbell press

worked up to 90s for 4 sets of 10 reps

 

dumbbell rows - freestanding

70s for 4 sets of 10 reps

 

h-raises

25s for 4 sets of 8 reps

box-squat-box-home