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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Tuesday had more speed work on the docket and attacking some more weaknesses. I felt particularly good and am liking where things are going so far in this prep. It's had considerably more ups than downs so far and considering the short turn around between meets (very short off season work) I couldn't be more pleased. These are the days where you just got to punch the clock and get the work in. While it never seems exciting, I always use these days to really evalutate my training as a whole and how things are going. Usually when my speed days are going great, it's a sign I'm not over doing my work on the heavy days and I'm recovering from session to session and week to week. It's a slow grind, and things never just happen, and it's sessions like these that keep me consistent and hungry to come back for more. Good solid training with intent, and consistently trying to get better in some facet of my lifting.


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Warm Up Reverse Hyper - 290 for 42 total reps

A1) Bufffalo Bar Speed Squat vs Average Bands First rep paused in the hole 55x10 55x5 - add bands 105x3 125x3 145x2 165x2 185x2 205x2 225x10x2

B1) Sumo Speed Deadlifts vs Quad Mini Bands 135x5 135x5 - add bands 185x3 215x2 245x1 275x7x1

C1) GHR vs Doubled Mini Band - Explosive 4x8

D1) Close Stance TKE Squat 3x20

E1) KB Chair Deadlift with SSB 3x12

F1) Blast Strap Stir the Pot 3x20


Brandon Smitley
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