What's Next

I think I'll be doing the ADAU meet in Bigler, PA in October. I'm not sure of it but it could be a possibility. As far as training, I will starting up training on Monday. As of right now, I'm not sure what I'll be doing but I am working on it.

VIDEOS ARE UP!!!

Here ya go:

http://www.putfile.com/mjc1021

ADAU National Championship Results

I will be putting the vids up on putfile and will post the link when it's done. In the squat I went 550/600/610; good for 620. On the bench I hit 395/415/430; good for 435. In the deadlift I went 605/650/665; easily good for 680-690. Bodyweight was 266. I won the 275 national championships but just lost best lifter to a 319 lifter. He was the only other person in the meet that out totaled me and it was by 60 pounds. I'm tired so that's all for now.

I also met John McDonald at this meet and he did well. I'll let him post his take on the meet and results. John is a solid lifter and great all around guy. With his permission I'll post some vids of his squats and bench press.

Last Workout Before Competition

Pause Bench 135x2/225x1/315/365x1/415x1 EASY!!
Tricep Drives 315x6,5
DONE

Decided against any squatting to let lower back heal(as per Marty Gallaghers' suggestion). Did an easy single with 415 and a 2-3 second pause. So I will go as planned with the benching by doing 395/415/430. Bodyweight was 267, 11.5 pounds dropped in 1 week. Finished off with some tricep work and then went in the steam room and sauna. So, for this comp I rested 13 days for squats, 10 days for deadlifts, and 7 days for benching.

One More session

Sunday or Monday I'll head in to do some pause benching and last heavy triceps then I'll be done for the meet. Thanks for the input guys on the deadlift attempts, it was much needed. So we'll head to the gym and hit 405x2 squat and a 605 walkout then 415x1 paused on the bench press and then that's it! If all goes ae planned we'll be looking at 550/600/610 - 395/415/430 - 610/650/675.

Last Deadlift Session

Deadlift 225x2/425x1/525x1/625x2(had 3 maybe 4 reps)
Chest Supported Rows 135x10/180x10/225x12
Seated Calf Raise 100x3x12

I think I can break the 1700 mark raw at this meet. Now I face one simple dillema, the 625x2 was very easy and I'm thinking I should open with it. 650 will go down at the meet no problem but I'm wondering if I should play it safe and open with 605-610 b/c of the squatting. Any input from you guys would be awesome. Thanks

Squatting and Benching

Squat 225x2/315x1/405x1/495x1/565x2(had 3 in me)
Pause Bench 135x3/225x1/315x1/365x1/405x2
Barbell Throatcrusher 95x12/145x2x12
Seated Hammer Curl 60x3x12

A 600 squat and 430 bench will go down at the meet. This was a good day and I'm feeling very good about the meet. Next week I will do light squats and a 605 walkout and a 415x1 on the pause bench. The last 2 exercises are always supersetted.

Almost there...

Deadlift 225x2/405x1/515x1/605x2(had 3-4 reps in me)
Chest Supported Row 135x10/180x10/225x10
Seated Calf Raise 100x3x12

Getting closer to a peak...

Squat 135x2/225x1/315x1/405x1/495x1/545x2(had 3-4 in me)
Pause Bench 135x3/225x1/315x1/365x1/395x2(had 3 in me)
Barbell Throatcrusher 95x12/115x12/135x12(all very slow and controlled.)
Seated Hammer Curl 60x3x12

These will be my openers for the meet. The bench was done without a liftoff so I know a triple is possible. The squats were real strong and deep. On the first rep I was a good 2 inches below parallel so on the second rep I buried it and was about 3 inches off the floor! Wanted to do the triceps today to help recovery for the benchinf next week and also did hammers today b/c I was still a little sore last week in the brachialis when doing my deadlifts and back work. Will do calf raises on Thursday as this workout was pushing 90 minutes.

Deadlifts

Deadlift 225x3/405x1/495x1/585x2(easy, had 3-4 more in me)
Chest Supported Row 90x10/135x10/180x10/205x10/225x8
Wide Pulldowns 120x10/130x2x10

Good day today. The deadlifts were a joke, literally. They were so easy. I'm thinking I'll probably give 650 a go at the meet.