Meet Week Update
What is happening the week of the meet for me? Well, a ton and much of it is not good for performance.
Next Installment in Free Program Series: Hypertrophy
Free programming is great, but a program without understanding and direction is like google maps without the highlighted route. Let's look into how my basic mind applies hypertrophy principles to clients and my own training with a free, 2-week program!
Wk 16 Day 2: Third attempts!!!
What every normal person comes into the gym and does every day, MAX OUT on competition lefts, well that is what we get to do today!
Wk 15 Day 3: "2nd attempt" deadlifts
When you are peaking and your train gets derailed with 3 rough days in a row
Wk 12 Day 3: Trying speed work without a back give out
Speed can potentially kill, well not literally in powerlifting, but it has a tendency to throw my back out, lol.
Wk 11 Day 2: Max Effort bench doubles
2018 has come and gone. In the first few weeks of 2019, you'll read about me drinking and putting in a freaking floor. Why is this even relevant to training? It's not! Right now, I'm in a GPP phase which means I'm working out and away from powerlifting. So, you can get some new ideas of ways to train and
Wk 10 Day 3 Transmutation: Speed work and Injury
Back was blown up, what do you do, keep finishing the workout. What could go wrong ...
Wk 10 Day 1 Transmutation: Max Effort Squats IN WRAPS
back in wraps, it's like riding a bike, right.....?
The Transmutation Phase. But wait, I thought this was Conjugate?!
Will our theory of conjugate and triphasic work?!?!? here is the next phase and what's happening!
Wk 9 Day 2: Floor Pressing MASSIVE PROGRESS!!! -
Haven't felt this weight in my hands in about 2 years
Wk 9 Day 1: Cambered Bar
Increased load that gets bumped up over the three-week wave due to how max effort is set up, IT'S WORKING!
Wk 7 Day 3: Speed Squats and Crazy ME Deads
STOP JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF SPEED WORK! Also, this day ROCKED me
Wk6 Day4: Speed Bench and some RE work - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power Chal...
Usually, we never record a speed bench day with video, so here is a timelapse which makes us look like we really got some speed going!
Wk6 Day2: Incline awfulness - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power Challenge
This was just a poor showing of how to do this lift.
Wk6 Day1: SSB against insane band tension - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power C...
Cat backing against what felt like 300lbs of band tension (probably only like 150 though)
Wk5 Day3: Opposite Stance and Straight bar - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power ...
Stiff Bar makes my life very challenging on deadlift day.
Wk5 Day2: Fat Grips are hard - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power Challenge
Fat Gripz highlighting some issues on bench
Wk4 Day3: ALL the speed - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power Challenge
Going to LTT revisited a lot of information and it makes so much more sense!
Wk4 Day2: ME Close Grip Bench Press - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power Challenge
Chose this max effort movement 15 min before we started
Wk4 Day1: Spider Bar Doubles with Double Bands - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Po...
*Spider Bar + Double Bands Max 3: 515 + green
*Drop Weight 30% then 3x5 with 3 second pause: 365
*Seated Round Back DB GM’s 3x10: 80
*DB Hip Thrusters + 3 count Hold 3x12:
*SSB Shrugs 10 reps + 5 hold =1 3x:
*FatBell Single Arm Overhead Carries: heavy FB AMAZING TRAINING SESSION ON […]
Wk3 Day2: ME Singles on Swiss bar floor press - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Pow...
This swiss bar is doing me no favors lately
Wk2 Day2: Cambered Bar Benching - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power Challenge
Why is the cambered bar good for benching, don't take my word for it, listen to Dizenzo
Wk2 Day1: Rough Max Effort on the Cambered Bar - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Po...
I let my ego get in the way of good reps, yes I strained but, a strained poor rep does me no good.
Wk1 Day3: Speed Squats and ME Deads - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power Challenge
Not completely sold on combining this day but ya got to test to learn.
Wk1 Day 2: Max Effort Close Grip - 2018 APF/AAPF IL Raw Power Challenge
Liking this training combination!
"New Training Combination" week 1 Day 1: Max Effort Squats
Exciting stuff is happening in Northwest, Indiana! This month, trial and error continues on as Julia Ladewski and I mold principles of Conjugate and Triphasic together. We are dubbing it Conjuphasic. Kicking off our first professionally shot seminar, hang on for the ride as Julia and I sprinkle in wedding planning.
Week 5 and 6 day 2: "Get the bar to where you need to train biceps&...
restructuring the way i attack my bench issues
Power-Building Wk6 Day1: 3x3 heavy clusters
When you are grinning cause you already know whats going to happen
