John Petrizzo's Training Log

[Karl Schudt]

Not just a skinny kid anymore!

[John Petrizzo]

Thanks, guys. I have been trying to increase my overall volume with my back-off sets this cycle. I have been a little more fatigued on my top sets than I was during my last cycle, but still feeling like I have room to keep progressing.

8/31

Bench - 45x15x2, 135x5, 185x3, 225x2, 275x1, 295x1, 315x5, 300x7, 285x7
Chins - BWx5, BW+37x5x3

Pretty good session.

[John Petrizzo]

9/2

Squat - 45x15x2, 135x5, 225x3, 275x2, 315x1, 365x1, 405x1, 450x5, 405x5

9/3

Press - 45x8x2, 95x5, 135x3, 165x2, 185x1, 210x5, 190x6, 190x5
Chins - BWx11, 8, 8, 7

9/5

Squat - 45x15x2, 135x5, 225x3, 275x2, 315x1, 365x5x2
Deadlift - 225x5, 315x3, 405x2, 455x1, 495x1, 540x5
SLDL - 335x8

Rough training week. Had a massive amount of work to get done this week and was on even less rest than usual. Squats on Tuesday felt terrible and I skipped power cleans altogether. Presses went okay on Wednesday. Squats felt like garbage again tonight, but deadlifts went well. Hopefully I can get recovered in the next few days and get back after it next week.

I hope everyone has a good weekend.

[Nick Klemetson]

Rough training week. Had a massive amount of work to get done this week and was on even less rest than usual.

I hear you on this. It's been a terrible week, but the silver lining is that I got all my reps.

I know I've said this before, but the numbers and the progress in your log are extremely inspiring to me. Keep up the good work.

[John Petrizzo]

I hear you on this. It's been a terrible week, but the silver lining is that I got all my reps.

I know I've said this before, but the numbers and the progress in your log are extremely inspiring to me. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the kind words, Nick. I really appreciate it.

9/7

Bench - 45x15x2, 135x5, 185x3, 225x2, 275x1, 305x1, 320x5, 305x6, 290x7
Chins - BWx5, BW+40x5x3, BWx11

Good training session. Starting to feel more recovered and am looking forward to this week.

[Michael Wolf]

Your bench is really coming along. Weren't your heavy singles across at 330 or 335 right before the November, 2013 meet?

[John Petrizzo]

Your bench is really coming along. Weren't your heavy singles across at 330 or 335 right before the November, 2013 meet?

Thanks, Wolf. Before the November meet last year, I did 335 for five singles across. Unfortunately, my squat is going in the opposite direction of my bench.

9/9

Squat - 45x15x2, 135x5, 225x3, 275x2, 315x1, 365x1, 405x1, 455x2, 410x5
P. Cleans - 135x1, 185x1, 225x1, 230x3x5

9/10

Press - 45x8x2, 95x5, 135x3, 165x2, 195x1, 212x5, 192x6x2
Chins - BWx11, 9, 8

Very disappointed in my squats. Last cycle, I hit 460x5, doubled 495, and hit 420x8 on my back-off sets. I could have tripled 455 yesterday, but I knew I was not going to get five so I just racked it in frustration. Power cleans were super light and easy. Fortunately, presses went well today. The plan for right now is to reset my squat a little bit and see if I can get recovered a little better and build back up over the next several weeks.

[Kain]

I'm sorry to hear that your squats are not where you want them to be! I can definitely relate to your troubles, but mine are precisely the opposite haha! My squats are finally on the rise, but now my bench press is dropping at a rather alarming rate. Hopefully, we can both get out of our ruts!

[sking1001]

Sorry about your squats man. Mine are in the dumper too. At least you're not 2 weeks out from a meet. Otherwise, I would be doing the same thing with a bit of a reset. You'll be at 500x3 pretty soon though, I'm sure.

[Dwayne_KONG_Wint]

On your deadlift day, do you squat beltless?

When you do your top set and it feels terrible (like @10 in RPE-speak), maybe don't do back off sets or do lighter back off sets to allow that tank to get a little more gas in the upcoming week maybe?