Today's Training Looked Like This:
Free Squat
Raw
55 x 5 x 2 sets
145 x 3
255 x 1
Added Single Ply Titan Super Centurion (straps down)
345 x 1
435 x 1
485 x 1
Straps Up
535 x 1
585 x 1
635 x 1
665 x 1 (15 pound PR)
Reverse Band Free Squat (doubled mini band)
715 x FAIL
715 x 1 (10 pound PR)
Deadlift
Last week of Coan-Phillipi Deadlift Program
135 x 2
225 x 1
315 x 1
405 x 1
475 x 1
515 x 1
555 x 1
585 x 1 (this is my Eastside Deadlift PR, most I have pulled in a long time)
Back off Sets (deficit deadlifts on 1 inch of mats)
435 x 3 sets x 3 reps
Stability Ball Crunches
4 sets x 75 lb dumbbell x 10 reps
This was quite a long session, we started an hour earlier (9 am) to accommodate all the work and I wrapped up at 1:40 pm, which is an average finish time for us. Some of the guys kept going with assistance movements, but I was pretty fried, and was quite happy to come out of today with some PR's despite not really feeling strong today. I broke the weight out of the rack, and I really felt it more than usual, I also felt I wasn't getting back as much as usual on the Squats. I saw video of my squats, and they were decent, but I wasn't exactly satisfied. Nonetheless, 665 came up real easy and is 35 pounds under my goal for my next meet, which we haven't even begun our training cycle for yet. I had some issues with taking too much air on some of my squats and inflating my chest and head area which caused some air issues. That is why my first 715 reverse band is in the book as a fail. I let my air out at the bottom, and my spotters grabbed the bar. On the second 715 Danny suggested I take a little air, swallow it, and push my belly out hard. It made a world of difference.
Deadlifts were a different story today and I felt really strong here. I'm starting to see how my timing and technique are right and dead lifting had felt the most natural to me since I pulled a meet PR 628 raw, and a training PR 650 raw on several occasions. After that my deadlift went to shit. Now it is on its way back. I also think all the extra conditioning I have been doing is helping out major here. Even the 585 today, felt easier than some 500 pound pulls I grinded out back in October when I first came to Eastside. My goal for my next meet is 600, as of now I am confident I can surpass that goal in the fall.
One of my training partners commented that Matt Smith said: "You know you are getting stronger whey your deadlift is going up." I was also told that I am getting stronger, to continue doing what I am doing. I guess I must be making the most out of my assistance training days.
I had a dream last night where I was at a meet and I wasn't getting any Pr's. I squatted 625 opener and missed my next 2 attempts. That was 10 pounds under where I squatted 635 in a wrestling singlet in the video above. Then my bench was shitty. Then I redeemed myself when I pulled 670 with ease.
For a minute today I felt like I was headed into the crapper (like my dream), but all in all, a day with PR's cant be all that bad. Can it?
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