Be a F'n Dog
When you give something as physical as powerlifting your all, it's going to collect, and when it collects you will pay the ultimate price, the debt is paid with torn tendons and ligaments, ruptured muscles and broken bones.
Know Role Models
Pushing envelopes like a fat pissed off Irish mailman, and IDGAF if you think I should be a role model
Bench
This week using my smart brain and not my lower level brain, I stuck to some good solid rep work.
F.S.T.S.D.
curls are lame, tricep work is fun, worked out the soreness got a good pump, took a dump and called it a day.
Benching- Like an Idiot
Five hundred for an almost triple while banged up; any meathead would take that, I left happy, time to get dialed in and win my third Arnold.
Missing a Pull
I'm Irish, I'm stubborn, and am willing to push the envelope to win the Arnold for the third straight time.
Full Disclosure
Down, but not out, my backs against the wall, now it's time to fight my way back. Life said fuck off; I can't help but laugh-- challenge accepted.
Make America Squat Again
I’d bet a Derek Lewis chin shot that the majority of lifters are out pulling their squats. Ugh, writing this is tough; this is the catalyst for the total not being shit anymore, either.
A Cheat Sheet to Greatness
You'll still be weak and look like shit, but man, people will know you lift.
The Downfall of Driven
When I first glance at the word, I think of some clown with a “Lift Angry” shirt on and bright red Beats headphones rapping out loud to some gangster rap song portraying a life that he’s never had or in which he’ll never partake.
Main Bench - Back at Four Plates.
After a back-to-back win at the XPC Finals as a super heavyweight, JP is prepping for his third win at the 2019 XPC Finals. After taking a few months off to regulate weight, regain health, and strengthen weaknesses, see how his prep is unfolding. Follow his log for powerlifting trend opinion/debate and (occasional) positivity, with a heavy dose of STFU.
Try This On for Size
It all started about two weeks post-Arnold, when I secured my second win back-to-back. I did what I'd always done—push the limits, take drugs, and eat food.
5 Powerlifting Lessons I Flunked Day One
With my old ways of thinking, I kicked ass and got better. But I've figured out along the way that it's like nitrous: it's great for a quick burst, but powerlifting isn't a quarter mile.
