The US Open is coming up, but I’m still doing my best to exercise patience so that I won’t peak too early. Six training weeks is about right for me, so next week things will pick up with some PRs, but for now, check out these sessions: Monday: Deadlift & Bench Accessory Conventional Deadlift 635x3 635x3 Add belt 700x7 2-Board Bench Press 385x3 385x3 Reverse Hyperextension 3x10



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Great one today. Seven ties my rep PR with 700 on deadlift, but I had another few reps in the tank. Held back to save some strength for squat. Tried out

Bench Blokz for the first time, too -- great product. Wednesday: Dynamic Bench Bench Press 415x1 Add doubled

EliteFTS Light Bands
245x6x2 Incline Dumbbell Bench Press 80x17 90x17 EliteFTS Light Band Pull-Apart 3x20 Seated Rear Delt Row 3x15 Had squat scheduled for today, but my knee was hurting a bit, so I pushed it back a day. Happy with the snappy overwarmup with 415 on bench press, but I don’t know why I crapped out at 17 reps on both sets of dumbbells… maybe it’s my lucky number? Thursday: Squat Squat with

Krait Wraps
675x3 675x3 675x3 645x5 Beltless Pause Squat 455x2 545x2 565x2 Single-Leg Split Squat 3x8



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Really starting to love the Krait wraps. Excited to move to 700+ with them for a few reps next week. I won’t lie, I just threw in the beltless pauses for some IG love. Tammy from Kinetix Body Science did some magic on my knee afterwards and it’s feeling 100% now! Saturday: Bench Bench Press 350x5 350x5 350x5 350x5 TRX Inverse Row Hammer Curl Reverse Curl Shoulder Complex Laaaaame volume work. Just getting work done; these sessions are important, but they’re not fun. I’m glad I’ll get to start hitting it for real next week.
Ben Pollack
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