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Sean's Powerlifting Journey

SweetLou321 said:
Probiotics
Oil of oregano
Colloidal silver

It's common to get upper respiratory infections when training really hard. Very common in marathon runners. Could mean you need to manage fatigue a touch better guys. Just my opinion.
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I agree on the fatigue management part (for me at least). Fatigue is an issue, but persistent allergies from a very warm winter have hit me hard. Elephant in the room, fellas: most of us eat pretty rough and without enough produce. If we ate better, we'd feel better, but fat and salt are delicious.
 
Rodja said:
I agree on the fatigue management part (for me at least). Fatigue is an issue, but persistent allergies from a very warm winter have hit me hard. Elephant in the room, fellas: most of us eat pretty rough and without enough produce. If we ate better, we'd feel better, but fat and salt are delicious.
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I've been working hard on the later part myself. I'm eating at least 2 servings of fruit and 4 of veggies a day. On a good day you can double that.
 
SweetLou321 said:
I've been working hard on the later part myself. I'm eating at least 2 servings of fruit and 4 of veggies a day. On a good day you can double that.
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Yeah, that's miles ahead of me right now. I'm hitting fiber requirements, but nowhere near where my produce intake should be.
 
Rodja said:
Yeah, that's miles ahead of me right now. I'm hitting fiber requirements, but nowhere near where my produce intake should be.
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Same here. I was just thinking about it last night actually. I had 1 piece of grapefruit and a serving of peas yesterday. Pretty piss poor.
 
SweetLou321 said:
I've been working hard on the later part myself. I'm eating at least 2 servings of fruit and 4 of veggies a day. On a good day you can double that.
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Usually 1 fruit and 2-3sv veggies with OT+greens 2x/day. Been running hard and managing more frequency at a slight deficit since trying to get ready for this meet.

You can take supplements or you can eat food, but I'm gonna eat my food if I can. It usually works better.
 
Afrin, Advil Sinus, Bronkaid, Saline Wash, Cool Mist, and bathroom steam....the pressure has finally lifted. Now its just tinnitus and muffled sounds. But....I can squat tomorrow at least.Invalid Link Removed
 
Good news man. The advil is definitely the game changer imo. I felt significantly better when i added that in. And it's funny that you mentioned tinnitus as i had it once in my right ear this morning.
 
Lol that has to be annoying
 
PVC Bench
120x4x8

Cable Fly's
40x5x10

Seated Row
150x3x10

Lat Pulldown
120x3x10

Delt Raises
20x3x15

Bi/Tri
3x20

Half hour workout. I spent this week not worrying about training and for the most part, diet. The next 2 months will stress me out enough.

Will post some training ideas later tonight or this weekend.

Have a good Friday.
 
Sumo DL
135x5
225x5
315x3
405x1
505x3x4
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I tried SSB squatting here. Nope.

SSB Good Mornings
252x3x6

Rear DB Lunges
70x3x8

B/U KB Side Plank
18x2x20"

HLR
3x10

No squatting after pulling. That's a no-no. Maybe CAT squat before sumo pulls? Or just stick with what I did.

Shut deadlifts down there. No supplemental block pulls or anything. I was pretty shaky pulling.

Being sick and then the deload put me down to 218 this morning. Lightest (not post-water-cut) I've been in over 6 months. I even had a few days of binge eating. At least I don't need to diet through the meet prep. I can afford to gain some weight and eat to be strong now. I'll be sure to stay below 228. That's my comfort cut.
 
I woke up 227.0 other day having been 229.6 day prior and was pretty weak in the gym, so a whole pizza drenched in olive oil plus whatever I could get down got me straightened out. 2 days later post bloat I was 228.8.

Losing too fast is never a good thing for training.
 
Bench
225x3x4
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+2 count pause
185x3x6

Decline Tri Ext w/Swiss Bar
85x5x8

s/s w/ Half-kneeling Facepull
70x5x20

Close-Grip Lat Pulldown
70x3x25

Bi's
Ran the rack, bro style, full flex mode

Having a handoff helped so god damn fûcking much. Shut my 225 sets down a set or two early. I felt good and wanted to leave that way.
 
Good call - this is how you stay healthy and make progress. Feeback-wise, noticed as you fatigued you started to lower your chest as bar approached instead of staying heels down chest up, fwiw.
 
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Squats
155x10
245x6
335x5
425x1
+Belt
515x1
+ 2M Lilliebridge wraps
565x4
Unracked misloaded bar, re-rack, load, unrack, squat. Harder set then it should have been
565x4 better, first rep cut high
565x4 Best
-Wraps
505x3 4 reps? Nope
475x3 4 reps? Nope. My PC is done.

BSS/GHR
4x12
35# in opposite hand/BW
 
Close Grip Axle Press
83x10
123x10
148x8
173x8
193x4x6
Feet-up, Paused
123x3x12

Lat Pulldown
100x5x12

B/U KB Press
16kg x5x10

Chest-Supp Seated Row
Held to hit rear delts
70x5x15

Bi's

Roman Chair situps

Then high rep leg press and hamstring curls
 
Sean1332 said:
Thanks dude. I think more more proud that I was able to close-grip bench today, though lol
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So is close grip worse than comp for you d/t your shoulders?
 
jswain34 said:
So is close grip worse than comp for you d/t your shoulders?
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It's a lot better for my rotator cuff, which is the usual issue post-squat. Sometimes the ROM can bug my AC joint or bicep tendons but today felt good. With loosing whatever pressing strength I did have, it felt good to press that weight with a fat bar, considering I struggled to do that weight fluently with a comp bar the past few weeks.
 
Sean1332 said:
It's a lot better for my rotator cuff, which is the usual issue post-squat. Sometimes the ROM can bug my AC joint or bicep tendons but today felt good. With loosing whatever pressing strength I did have, it felt good to press that weight with a fat bar, considering I struggled to do that weight fluently with a comp bar the past few weeks.
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Oh okay I gotcha. By no means was i trying to take anything away from ya. I didn't even look at the weight, I just thought it was surprising that comp feels better than cg and was wondering why.
 
jswain34 said:
Oh okay I gotcha. By no means was i trying to take anything away from ya. I didn't even look at the weight, I just thought it was surprising that comp feels better than cg and was wondering why.
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Nah I didn't even think that at all. Usually I just can't press well after squats but fat bar and close grip allowed that
 
Sean1332 said:
As cool as the Arnold looks......that crowd has to fûcking suck.
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Couldn't agree more. I'm honestly not sure if i could handle being packed in there like that.
 
Expo was busy as **** yesterday had to park 2 miles out and walk and the lines were ridiculous for some stuff. Did see a lot of lifter there and people I follow on fb
 
A chick that trains at my gym on occasion with one of the guys. Pretty badass that Arnold took a selfie of her lol

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Sean1332 said:
A chick that trains at my gym on occasion with one of the guys. Pretty badass that Arnold took a selfie of her lol

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We had bfast yesterday w BD at the hotel; we were in pjs and she was telling us she had to get gussied up because of all the potential future husbands walking around our hotel

She was pretty cool and didn't hesitate to congratulate us, which impressed me. I know she didn't have the day she was expecting. Nice girl!
 
Hyde said:
We had bfast yesterday w BD at the hotel; we were in pjs and she was telling us she had to get gussied up because of all the potential future husbands walking around our hotel

She was pretty cool and didn't hesitate to congratulate us, which impressed me. I know she didn't have the day she was expecting. Nice girl!
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That's awesome. Yeah she's definelty nice. Strong as fck, too.
 
Deadlift
RDL
135x10
225x8
Sumo
315x3
415x3
520x3x3
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SSB GM
252x4x6

Rear Lunges
75x3 sets x as many reps until it sucked?

Hangs

GM's are a lift that I did better when I was constantly bloated and 230lbs lol

Pulls moved well and felt good. I'm having a good M-M connection from my hips through my feet/floor.
 
Ah damnnn...that sucks man. I wish i could help, but the only wraps I've ever used are those Titaniums you gave me so I'm about worthless in these wrap convos.
 
Bench
*Comp Grip
235x3x3
*Max legal
185x4x6

Decline Swiss Bar Skulls
85x4x8

Front Raise/Seated Facepull
15x3x15/55x5x15-20

Front Raise/Chin-up
15x2x15/BWx2x5

Pull-up
BWx2x5

Alt DB Curls
15x5x15

Staggered Stance Pallof Press
70x3x8

Bench was okay. Not as great as having a handoff but it's getting there.
 
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