Al Caslow: 2 Weeks Out

Week 2 Day 1

Feeling extremely run-down now, so that's good. It means I'm putting in work. I have one more squat, bench and deadlift session to go so this week that will break me before the 10 day deload heading into the meet: Warmed up

• Long time/lots of stuff

Bench

• 95 x 20
• 135 x 2 x 5
• 185 x 5
• 225 x 4
• 255 x 3
• 275 x 2 x 2 reps

all with a light pause Lat pulldown

• 5 x 12

Reverse Hypers DB Hammer curls Glute Ham Raises reverse grip curls face pulls Abs

• circuit: 2 x 10 reps

My weight is sitting right at 182 pounds right now. I haven't started cutting calories yet. When I start cutting them on Monday, I'll see how much weight I drop in that first week and that will determine what my weight for the meet will be. I'm not stressing over it at all, I really don't care about the class, I just care about hitting some big numbers...I've sucked lately and it's been far too long.

Week 2 Day 2

Ok, so typically this day is just to finalize things. I want to see how weights feel, but I never expect too much because during this third week of heavies, your body is just beat to junk... Warmed up

• for a while with stuff

Squats

• 145 x 2 x 6
• 235 x 2 x 3
• 325 x 3

Viking briefs on

• 415 x 1 (popped a seam)
• 505 x 1 (blew the leg out)

Switched to custom 1ply briefs

• 595 x 1

Ace suit on

• 685 x 1
• 755 x 1
• 800 x 1
• 825 x 1
• 845 x 1

Took a 15 minute break Bench

• 135 x 6
• 185 x 4
• 225 x 3
• 275 x 1
• 315 x 1
• 2 board - 345 x 1
• 2 board - 365 x 1

KING 2ply on

• 3 board - 455 x 1
• 2 board - 485 x 1
• 1 board - 510 x 1
• 1 board - 530 x 1
• 1.5 board - 550 x 1

I'm pissed about my viking briefs. I love those things. They give me a good solid pop and they're easy to get to depth with. I blew the leg again on them. I blew them once I can never get someone to fix them right. I'll get them fixed and hopefully this time they hold at the meet. Otherwise I'll have to go with these single ply ones. I love the support from the

ACE briefs, but they're just too much for my style and comfort under a suit. Done. Time to pack, I'm in St. Louis all week for work. I'll get one more deadlift session in, but it's light. Just working on form using weights around 80 to 85 percent.