8/31/2015 Deadlifting and the start of my Arnold cycle

Yup. A 27 week cycle. A touch over 6 months.

I was getting restless not having a goal in mind each time I went to the gym. I felt like I was wasting mine, and everybody's time at the gym.

I will go into detail about my training soon. It starts slow and ramps up. It also includes gear and fleshy training all the way through. I stopped using the word raw as it's to confusing to everyone what is raw, raw raw, and RAAWWWWW. So, not in gear will be referred o as fleshy training.

Week one will be fleshy training. 75% of my RPE of 9 for 4 sets of 4. So much god damn volume! I will pretty much be a bodybuilder after this.

I will be training 5 days a week. Due to time constraints during the week. I will be training my 3 main lifts and that's it. On the 2 other days, I will be doing accessories to help recovery and mobility.

Today I work up to 445 for 4 x 4

This is a video of the last set.I was shocked to how this felt. After the first set I wasn't sure I was going to get 4!! This was a great way to start my cycle!

Week one of my #Arnold2016 training. I'm doing a 27 week ramp up for it. Deadlifts 445 4 sets of 4. #somuchvolume #elitefts #dynamobarbell @dynamobarbellclub @elitefts @jayneezy2100 @pauloneid @shannon_lee_larsen @brendabanning @brettburton91 @wburt88 @paulv79 @pryan_07 @_abmilne @heatherleitch @marty_lebrun by the way. Everyone we need a name for our team

A video posted by Shane Church (@shanechurch) on Aug 31, 2015 at 6:53pm PDT