I’m currently in off season mode working on bringing up certain qualities and weaknesses I noticed from the IPA Grand Prix Nationals. This training will be laying the ground for my training cycle into the 2016 XPC Finals.

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Monday the fluff and buff continued on. Really just getting some blood flow moving in some important parts and that was it. As for grip, it was a "down" week so nothing truly max effort like I usually do. I know next week I will be deloading, so I will be doing very minimal grip work (likely some light Captain Crush grip work), so I just wanted to feed into that and give my hands a bit of a break. I will begin pushing my grip to twice a week again during meet prep to really get my hands good to go for XPC's. Otherwise, good little arm and chesticle pump for the evening.


Items Used in this Training Session Mini Band

A1) Bench Press 95x20 105x20 115x20 125x20 135x20

B1) Neutral Grip Seated Band Row 5x40

C1) Single Arm Cross Body Band Tricep Extension 5x20 per arm C2) Single Arm KB Curl 5x20 per arm

D1) Plate Pinch Hold 3x60 sec with 15kg plate


Brandon Smitley
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