ME Lower: Ramping Weights Up, SSB Squats vs Chain [PR!] (w/VIDEO)

After finally get an off season training cycle in, I am now in meet prep for WPC World's where I will be competing raw with knee wraps in the 132 pound weight class in Baton Rouge, LA on November 7th, 2016. My goal is to earn my first world championship.

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Saturday kicked off week two of prep, and it was a great Saturday of training. Weights were feeling good and light, and I felt much better about how my squats looked compared to last week. While they aren't exactly the heaviest weights, they're heavy enough to force me to work on doing all the little things right. I feel like I'm still a hair forward, but it's better than last week. I'm hoping seeing my chiropractor and getting all that lined up helps me out.

PR on the SSB again this week, so it looks like next week we're going to drop the reps a bit and try to keep pushing this forward. Just a good culmination of training for the day. We've now got four people getting ready for meets, so the atmosphere and comradery has been kick ass lately.

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Items Used in this Training Session SS Yoke Bar EZ Loaders Chains Light Band

Warm Up Hip Flexor Stretch - 30 sec per leg Leg Swings (forward and side to side) - 10 each Single Leg RDL - 10 per leg Bulgarian Split Squat - 10 per leg Goblet Squat - 10 Standing Band Crunch - 15

A1) Squat 65x10 155x5 205x3 245x3 295x2 335x1 375x4 395x2x3

B1) SSB Squat vs 3 Chains Per Side 65x5 - add chains 155x5 205x5 245x5 285x5 330x5 - PR

C1) SSB Pause Squat vs 3 Chains Per Side 225x3x8

D1) SSB Bulgarian Split Squats 3x10 per leg

E1) Reverse Hyper 3x20

F1) Kneeling Band Crunches 6x15