Warm up: Seated leg press: 4 x 25, 60 lbs resistance band lateral leg raises: 4 x 25 each leg, green band stationary lunges: 4 x 25 Workout: Conventional deadlift: 6 x 3, 230 lbs (75% RM) Barbell back squat: 8 x 5, 135 lbs (60% RM) Box squats: 5 x 8-10, 185 lbs Continue reading “Bloated but got it done”
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New leg day strategy
Today, I decided on a new strategy for my powerlifting workouts, due to wanting to switch things up a bit and still challenge myself. The changes will only concern my leg day workouts (Tuesday and Thursday’s) but hopefully I will see good results from the switch up and reduce the soreness. I will continue toContinue reading “New leg day strategy”
Sumo Deadlift PR’s yesterday
Firstly, I would like to say that yesterday I managed to hit 3 PR’s in my sumo deadlift. Last week I left off at a 25 lb increase to 250 and this week I was able to add 40 lbs more to it, Videos showing my lifts: Sumo PR’s each video is showing different weights starting fromContinue reading “Sumo Deadlift PR’s yesterday”
Bench 1RM
Bench press testing Today I did my bench press 1RM to see where I was at with my dynamic strength. It was higher than I assumed, but not as high as I would have liked considering my bench press isn’t the weakest of the 3 big lifts. For some reason, I always find myself plateauingContinue reading “Bench 1RM”
Heavy core leg lifts “learning to push through”
Feeling bloated and cramping sucks. I wasn’t sure by the way my body was acting if I would be able to go through with this heavy lifting day, especially since it was deadlifts AND squats, and I knew I wouldn’t hae time to make up for it this week — because of it being MemorialContinue reading “Heavy core leg lifts “learning to push through””
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