What do you do the week before the meet?
There are as many different approaches for what to do before a meet as there are coaches and I’ll tell you what our lifters do.
Epic Training Continues with a Trip to SuperTraining - 2015 wk12
My epic overreaching phase continues this week as I continue to smash one workout after the next with a trip to Sacramento to visit my friend Mark Bell. I work with Bell's athletes on rehab, prehab, squats, pulls, while Mark works on my bench press.
3 Lessons I Learned from Interns
The best thing you can do to help your career is do the best possible job you can wherever you are at. That's how you put yourself in a position where you earn opportunities.
Test Levels, Balls, Ice and a Butter Dish
This post will NEVER get old. One of the all time elitefts™ classic QA posts.
SSB Box Squats with Ave Bands + Chains: (VIDEO Included)
When using accommodating resistance, you can have constant band tension on the bar, yet still be able to add weight via plates and chains. Bands and chains do not have to be an either/or proposition. Neither must they be used on the traditional squat bar.
Leg Shakin', Hit By A Truck & Cramp Session
Video included of one of the longest leg press sets of my life. This was not one of my easier training sessions.
6 weeks after hip replacement Deadlift day
6 weeks post hip replacement surgery. Deadlift 325x3x2sets. I feel good about recovery.
Debunking Dynamic Effort: 4 Ways to Enhance Your Speed Sets
Lifting weights for powerlifting is specific physical preparation. Lifting weights for athletic performance is general physical preparation, or GPP. The difference is specifically what the testable performance task is.
Wednesday- Final easy bench... come on weighins
Winding down, felt great, groove is good. And if you know my love for Wonder Woman, you'll start to visit my log more often.
Monday- Final (easy) deadlift and coasting into the meet
Only thing left is to make weight... the mass I've put on the last few months are awesome, but it sure makes making weight a little tougher. Could this be my last meet at 123?
Sunday- Benching out of town and grooving it
Another day of lifting on the road. Nothing crazy as I'm 2 weeks out, but it felt good to groove some benches with solid technique.