I’m currently in meet prep for the 2015 IPA Grand Prix Nationals at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on October 24th, in Columbus, Ohio. I will be competing at 132 pounds, raw with knee wraps.

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Saturday marked my heaviest deadlift training day of the meet prep cycle. I will be honest, I just wasn't feeling like that great of a day. I still managed to pull 510 from the floor (which will give me a meet PR), but things just weren't clicking like usual. My hips were feeling it and I just didn't have the pop I'm used to. I've begun to notice this is a reoccurring theme during meet preps at this point. I think many times is just from the accumulation of work on everything, that my body is just telling me it's time to rest up and get ready for meet day. I'm most cases, usually by this point the body is just ready to go. Luckily, I'm almost at the home stretch and should have everything nearly wrapped up. I got the work in, but it could have been better. I'm confident things will click come meet day, as they seem to do so when it comes to deadlift. I always deadlift after a good week of rest, so almost there.


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Items Used in this Training Session Mini Bands Kraits Knee Wraps Maverick Knee Wraps

Warm Up Reverse Hyper - 305x3x12 Band Leg Ext - 3x25

A1) Squat 65x10 155x5 245x3 295x2 335x1 355x5x1

B1) Sumo Deadlift 135x5 245x3 295x2 335x1 385x1 415x1 445x1 480x2x1 510x1

C1) Sumo Deadlift off 3 mats vs Quad Mini Bands 425x1

D1) Reverse Lunges 4x12 per leg

E1) Sumo Stance Band Good Mornings 3x20

F1) Sit Ups off GHR vs Band 4x10-12


Brandon Smitley
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