I figured I’d start a new log rather than necro my old one seeing as it’s been around a year since I last posted.
Since my Injury at the start of 2018, I took a good amount of time out of Powerlifting to rehab / recover, and get in better shape. I dropped around 10kg bodyweight from just under 100kg and I currently sit around 88-90kg empty.
I’ll be starting a 6 week peak for a meet next Wednesday when I’m home from holiday, and hoping to qualify for the British finals in May at the Bodypower Expo.
I’ve not peaked for a long time, and never at this weight so although I’ve got some numbers in mind for what i’d like, realistically I have no idea where I’ll be come meet day, so I’m excited to see where I end up!
Training this week is going to be a bit of a mish mash as I’m only training half a week.
Squat with Wraps:
250kg x3 (PB)
240kg x3
235kg 2x3
Comp Bench:
127.5kg 5x1
Single Leg Press:
90kg 4x6
Inc DB Bench:
45kg 4x5
Sitting at 91kg after Christmas / New Year and way too much food! Felt pretty sluggish today, but I’ve had 10 days out so things should pick back up when I settle back into things!
Benching two days on the bounce is hard work, was still sore from yesterday but I’ve squeezing a full weeks worth of training into 3 sessions so I knew this week would be hard work! Back to normal next week.
Elbows causing me issues today, hopefully better for tomorrow! Bench still feels quite bad but I’m still chugging along! Don’t think I was ever meant to be good at it!
Feeling pretty fatigued today, especially on the Deadlifts! Wrapped Squats on Tuesday realy took a lot out of me.
Bench didn’t feel too bad, just my elbows nagging as always, they just don’t seem to ease off… can’t afford to take my foot off the gas at the moment though, 4 weeks tomorrow until I get back on the platform!
Finally got a good Bench session in!! Elbows are still complaining but not as much as last week, not sure if the Sleeves helped but they got thrown on anyway!
Happy with how 145kg moved, thats only 5kg under my best gym lift, and 2.5kg above my best comp lift! Winner winner!!
Finally found my 3RM on Wrapped Squats… That set was damned hard! But even so, my 1RM just became my 3RM!
Elbow Tendonitis has been awful this past week, and tonight I had to call Squats after my top set and do back off work on the Belt Squat, just lifting a plate to load the machine was painful.
3.5 weeks to go, so just got to keep pushing on as best as I can.
Bodyweight at 89.1kg on waking this morning. I added 200 cals per day last saturday and I’m still seeing a downward trend, so I guess I’ll add another 150-200 cals again this weekend and see where that leaves me.
Current breakdown as of right now for anybody interested:
Cals: 3735
Protein: 265
Carbs: 422
Fats: 106
Will get a picture up tonight / tomorrow, when I get chance showing where I’m currently at.
Called it there, Im not recovering at all from the earlier sessions in the week, and working long hours. I’m only sleeping 5-6 hours a night and I really feel like crap!
I won’t be peaking like this again, its way too much
