I’m currently taking an off week of training hitting some volume to give my joints a bit of a break before beginning to ramp up for two meets, the APF Illinois State Meet and APF Senior Nationals.

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Thursday was back day, one of my favorites.  I helped Trey get in his training session while I was knocking out this work. I use a lot of Meadows principles to get my work in, and my back had a great pump by the end of this training session. I'm certainly ready to get back to some powerlifting training, but I'm definitely going to have to ease in to it a bit.


Items Used in this Training Session
Meadows Handle
Econo Core Blaster
MAG Grip

Warm Up
Shoulder Distractions - 2x10
Band Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns - 2x15
Band Pressdowns - 2x15
Band Face Pulls - 2x15
Band Curls - 2x12

A1) Meadows Row
2x15 (warm up/feeder sets) per arm
2x12 per arm
2x15 per arm

B1) MAG Grip Seated Cable Rows
3x10

C1) DB Pullovers
3x12

D1) Chins
4 sets of max reps

E1) Single Arm DB Shrugs
2x20 per arm - 2 sec squeeze at the top