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.
For programming and coaching inquires, please email SmitleyPerformanceSystems@gmail.comSunday was back to some heavy bench pressing. Weights have slowly increased to acquire some more volume, and my bar speed is looking great for the weights I'm handling. My video skills sucked for the day, as some of the Purdue Barbell lifters came down to get in some heavy squats. They are approaching about a month out from their meet, so I am doing everything I can to help them get dialed in. They'll probably be back next week as well, as I believe they will be taking their heaviest squats of the training cycle. It was a good atmosphere we had, and I'm sure next week will match it.
Unfortunately, I will be losing a training partner due to college. He's still going to be driving down on the weekend's to train, but this means moving forward we're down to just me and Kyle. There is nothing wrong with this, but having Trey around has been a huge help. I'd love to get another guy (or girl) in, but that will be TBD. Chances are I'll wait until after the meet and see how things go. The crew is still strong on the weekends, and really that's all we need right now.
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Items Used in this Training Session Chains EZ Loaders Mini Band Grenades
Warm Up DB Bench Press - 55's x3x15 Mini Band Face Pulls - 4x25 Overhead Band Side Bends - 3x15/side
A1) Bench Press 45x10 95x5 135x5 185x3 225x2 245x1 265x2x3 280x4x2
B1) Close Grip Foam Board vs 2 Chains/Side 185x5 225x3 260x3 - PR
C1) JM Press vs Short Mini Bands 135x8 145x8 155x8 95x15
D1) Cable Pressdowns 50 total reps Immediately followed by Overhead Band Tricep Extensions with Grenades 50 total reps
E1) Band Lateral Raises 3 sets of near failure E2) Bent Over Band Rear Delt Flys 3 sets of near failure
F1) DB Flys 50 total reps
