Monday 10/30/2017
Decided to compete on 11/5/2017. Yes, this coming Sunday. It was good timing as I was at the end of a cycle and was planning to test this week anyway.
Squat: Warming up to opener
45x10x2
135x8
225x5
315x1x2
365x1
405x1
435x1. Body feeling really beat up. I'm 6 days out and considered doing a little more work today in order to not detrain, but felt like I needed to take it easier for recovery. Maybe I'll do some really light squats Wednesday??
Deadlift:
315x2
405x1
455x1
495x1
was going to warm up to a single at 525 which should be about 90% but again, feeling really beat up. 495 felt like hell. I usually need around 7-8 days off in order to feel pretty recovered from deadlifts, so I decided to take it easy. Again, hoping I don't detrain before the meet.
I've gained some weight on purpose...had to work really hard to do so. Pigging out all the time, constantly uncomfortably full. Around 210 a.m. weight. I should be around 204 for the meet but honestly, I'm just trying to get as strong as I can right now and not too concerned with which weight class I'm in. I don't want to give up the little ground I've gained and lose strength dropping 5-6 lbs. Really want to see if the weight gain helps my lifts go up, and I had to fight like hell to gain the weight. So I'll probably end up a few pounds over for the weight class that I should be in, and way to light for the next weight class.
Going to try not to make predictions for my lifts. I know what I would like to hit but I'll let my 1st and 2nd attempts determine my 3rds. For 1st and 2nd I'm thinking:
Squat: 425/455/4xx
Bench: 275/295/3xx
Deadlift: 525/550/5xx