I’m currently in meet prep for the 2015 XPC Finals at the Arnold Sports Festival during the weekend of March 6-8th. I will be competing on Friday, March 6th, 2015 at 132 pounds, raw with knee wraps.
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I've added in some highly branched cyclic dextrin while training for the last part of prep to help with recovery and overall energy for my sessions. With the amount of weight I'm moving, many times after my big movements I'm wanting to just shut it down, but I know I need the extra work in certain places. The HBCD made an immediate impact. I had great energy and endurance through the session, and wish I had started this earlier during prep. I will likely keep this around in my training in general moving forward, but this month or so will really determine my overall thoughts. But from this session alone, I felt much better, and I was also not near as sore the following day. All great things, and I'm putting the pieces together.
Next week I will be traveling to Elitefts to get in one of my biggest training sessions, and get some more work in out of the monolift. I did fine on this session, but for next week I'm not taking any chances. On the positive side, compared to last meet, I'm leaps and bounds ahead, so things are certainly looking good.
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Warm Up Reverse Hyper - 290 for 42 total reps
A1) Squat 55x10 105x5 145x5 195x3 235x3 285x3 325x2 375x1 415x1 445x2 - add Metal Mystical Wraps 485x1 - add Krait Wraps 510x1 - add reverse mini bands
B1) Sumo Deadlift 135x5 185x3 245x2 295x1 335x1 385x1 435x2 475x1 505x1 - from 3 mats
C1) Wide Stance SSB Squats 335x3x10
D1) Sit Ups off GHR vs Monster Mini Band 5 sets
