Although I was a nervous wreck, worried about the shorter length of my training schedule and feeling a bit unsure of where I’d be compared to my last meet, I got my flow going and ended up with 9 white flags, 2 competition PR’s, one personal best, a state record and matching my previous meet […]
Some call it a meet or a competition, but we’re going to call it a party. So, team members, meet volunteers and competitors, let’s have a blast on Saturday We’ll see you here!!
I’m in a small (very small) club in Redding, California about to play to a small crowd of maybe 12 people. Like Anthony Kiedis in his earlier years, whose autobiography we’re listening to on the iPod in the tour van, I need a hit. I’m going through withdrawals. What I’d give for a heavy piece […]
Our upcoming meet is about 9 days away. Although I might not break all PR’s since my last meet almost 4 years ago (I can’t believe that it has been so long), I will be at least hitting one for sure. My thoughts about my training are mixed, thrilled in the progress I’m […]
Yesterday we squatted to our max with bands on a box
Today we maxed out bench pressing, but with dumbbells.
Those are the basics, I’ll go into more detail for Thursday, promise. We’re not getting as much done due to our newest recruit:
Introducing Mitten, Jack and Chewy’s new best friend.
Yeah, you try to get a lot done […]
Hit the deadlifts, kids!!
Max deads.
Buelers.
Snatches. One hand or two.
Hit em’ hard, heavy and low reps. That’s it. Then go home and rest.
Andy deadlifting.
Mieke and her Bueler.
Our team lifts raw. Heck, some of us would take ‘natural lifting’ to its bare-assed extreme if the rules allowed for it. The problem of modern powerlifting training methods is that most of it is geared towards gear. Bench pressing is the best example, with board presses and lockout training being crucial to most competitive […]
So we’re only 4 weeks out from the comp. We’re working hard at hitting out maxes, and the supplemental work is geared to bringing up the main lifts. The GPP has been kept at a minimum, since our workload capacity should have been brought up in prior months. Now it’s heavy, low reps and lot’s […]
