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ChrisLindsay9
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- Jun 17, 2013
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PEAKING
3 weeks til the Arnold
Bodyweight is holding at 125 lbs.
This week is working up to heavy doubles
Squats
..345x2
..365x2 (video) *just a smidge under 3xBW
*
..315x2
..315x2
Assistance Work: Barbell Glute Bridges (300x8 video), Good Mornings, Conditioning
On my squat video, the second rep looks worse than it felt. I mean, bar path issues aside, what happened is that I lost a just a tiny bit of my upper body tightness, particularly on my left side; but I was able to complete both reps on my own.
3 weeks til the Arnold
Bodyweight is holding at 125 lbs.
This week is working up to heavy doubles
Squats
..345x2
..365x2 (video) *just a smidge under 3xBW
*..315x2
..315x2
Assistance Work: Barbell Glute Bridges (300x8 video), Good Mornings, Conditioning
On my squat video, the second rep looks worse than it felt. I mean, bar path issues aside, what happened is that I lost a just a tiny bit of my upper body tightness, particularly on my left side; but I was able to complete both reps on my own.
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ChrisLindsay9
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Thanks GA. That'd be cool. I do enjoy surprising people with my squat and deadlift heh.
But in truth, I follow some folks on Instagram that are in my weight class, and my numbers aren't all that great as compared to them. There's some strong 123 and 132ers in the Junior division that definitely out-bench me, and have comparable squats. I may have a slight edge on deadlift. But once they get into the Open division, they're going to crush the weight I'm moving.
Bullmuscle7
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- Jun 11, 2014
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PEAKING
3 weeks til the Arnold
Bodyweight is holding at 125 lbs.
This week is working up to heavy doubles
Squats
..345x2
..365x2 (video) *just a smidge under 3xBW
..315x2
..315x2
Assistance Work: Barbell Glute Bridges (300x8 video), Good Mornings, Conditioning
On my squat video, the second rep looks worse than it felt. I mean, bar path issues aside, what happened is that I lost a just a tiny bit of my upper body tightness, particularly on my left side; but I was able to complete both reps on my own.
Love the Glute Bridges!!! BrotherIron intorduced me to those. I really like them!
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ChrisLindsay9
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Thanks Daniel, I have a list that's provisional. It consists of my openers, second lift attempts, and two sets of third lift attempts depending on how I'm feeling, how the lifts are being judged, and that sort of thing. But as I go through this peaking part of the program, the numbers have gone up and down a few times. I'll definitely have them settled by the end of next week. As of right now, my openers would probably be 335 or 340 squat, 175 bench, and 430 deadlift. I think those are probably set in stone.
PEAKING
3 weeks til the Arnold
Bodyweight is still holding at 125 lbs. (I even upped my calories a bit, mostly bed-time protein)
Bench Press (with competition type pause)
167.5x2
172.5x2
172.5x2 (vid)
162.5x2
Assistance Work: CG Bench, Chest Press Machines, DB Kickbacks, Abs
I was hoping to get 175-177.5 for 2 last night, and I think I have that in me under most circumstances. But my second rep on all of my sets were off. I was losing a little bit of lat/delt whenever I go for an additional rep. After my competitions in March, I'm going to start benching three times a week. I know my technique is improving, so I just really need to put in the reps to start seeing some progress.
What can I say, I'm a puller ... not a presser!
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