going back to my last blog on how i wasn't feeling it for this meet, well, that's how it turned out. i did place third in my class, but i didn't do nearly as well as my last competition. i learned a few things though.

once we got to the competition, then my nerves kicked in. i opened my squat with 518. did it no problem, good depth and good speed coming up. next attempt was 556, which was my 3rd attempt in my last comp. picked it up easy, started my squat, and i thought i was down, but i apparently clipped it. now i heard everyone say up. everyone. the spotters and everyone in the audience. don't listen to others. i was too high at the bottom, but i came up with it easy. so i decided to do the same weight for my third attempt. picked it up easy, it felt lighter than the last time, started squatting. again i thought i was deep enough but apparently not again. i came up easier with it this time, and i was told i was about 1/2 inch too high.. half of a fuckin' inch. i felt like my head was going to explode at the bottom of the lift and i came up stronger and easier than the last time. but no lift because of one half of an inch! oh well, this was a meet to make these mistakes at, so i'll learn from them. the dvd will be sent here friday.

for the bench i opened at 330, and that went up easily. i got 2 out of 3 white lights.. good lift, but apparently my ass came off of the bench. so on my next attempt, 358, i moved my feet to help correct that, but again same result. good lift but that one judge was nailing me for a hair of light. i didn't feel as if i really lifted my ass off the bench, but she saw something. my third attempt, 380, i moved my feet again. this time my ass didn't move, but the bar barely did.. got it about 4 inches off of my chest and that's all she wrote.. no lift.

the dead i opened at 430. i could've opened higher, and pulled it no problem. i went to 475, pulled that easy. the girl taking weights for the next attempt came up to me and teddy says "what do you want 500?" i say no, i did 515 2 weeks ago, fuck it...523. i came up with that pretty fast, kept my form, got to the top and all i had to do was hold the damn bar.... lost my grip just as i was totally up. no lift. oh well, it felt good and i just need to work my grip strength. i want to total more than 1500.. not with that performance, but i know i can do it. i have a 600lb squat in my, a 550 dead and i've done 385 bench in the gym... it just needs to come together, and it will.

weekend was good. the 4.5 hr trip to maine wasn't too bad. heard some crazy fucking stories, had the ipod cranking through the escalade, and of course the text messages. and out of the blue, a few people decided to text me that i sent texts to, anywhere from a week ago to more than a month ago, and never heard anything back from them. so there was enough entertainment there, just weird they all decided saturday was a good day. and the content of these messages was also weird with, yet again.. unanswered texts. these are my friends though.

anyway now i feel like someone has thrown a really big rock at my left hip. if they could actually pick up this big rock.. maybe they used a huge slingshot, but i got hit by this thing when i wasn't looking and i'm walking like a gimp. not good, but sometimes you just get hit by these slingshot rock throwing mother fuckers!

3/14/06 - Tuesday

Squat - warmup barx10, 135x8, 135x5, 225x5, 315x2, 365x5, 275x5... with the 275, there was a 2 count hold on the bottom of the movement before coming back upright.

Hyper Machine - stack x10x3

Light lat pull - 130x8x3

again with the met-rx and food and muscle juice before crashing for the evening.

3/13/06 - Monday

We're winding down to the competition on the 25th, so we're backing off a little here to rest up somewhat.

Bench - warm up barx10, 95x10, 135x8, 135x4, 185x10x2

DB Incline - 75x6x2

DB raises side - 15x25
DB front raisies - 15x25

Rear delt rope - 100x10, 110x10, 120x10, 130x10, 140x10

Tri pds - 50x20x8 done...

had a met-rx immediately, went home ate some stoop (stew and a soup combo pretty filling) and then i had a full shake of Muscle Juice w/whole milk which completely filled me up.

This was my 2nd attempt, AAPF Pine Tree State November 5, 2005.

363 Bench @161.75lbs CLICK HERE if video doesn't load below.

This is my 3rd attempt deadlift at the APF/AAPF Pine Tree State November 5, 2005. I weighed in at 161.75lbs. The weight here is 501 lbs. It looks easier than I remember pulling it. Looks like I could've definately pulled a lot more. That'll be determined in 2 weeks!

501 Deadlift CLICK HERE if video doesn't load below.

3/11/06 - Saturday

Squat - warm up barx10, brief on 145x8, 235x3, 325x1, 415x1 suit with straps up, however i did not pull them tight. all geared up, 525 got down and as i went to come up, let air out.. my mouth was open, big mistake, and i lost my balance, left foot went back...no lift. i wasn't going to miss this lift again, so i did another attempt, kept control, kept my air, kept my mouth closed, and it was night and day. i came up easy with it. i should've only had to do that once, but i didn't keep my head in there, so i screwed up and came back and did right the second time. i then did a stand up with 625 for a 5 count.

Deadlift - 245x2, 335x1, 425x1.. this came up pretty easily, i was a tad forward, but mostly noticed that when i was at the top of the lift. 515x1... NEW PR. in my nov 5 meet i pulled a PR of 501.. today 515!!

that was all that was done for today. we've decided that we are going to do this meet in 2 weeks despite how the first half of our training felt like shit... mainly due to the fact that we were sick and couldn't get rid of what we had. we were debating whether or not to do it because of that, but we're going anyway. i'm resting and getting geared up for this meet on the 25th!

3/9/06 - Thursday

Bench - warm up barx10, 95x10, 135x8, 135x4, 225x5, 265x2, shirt 335x1 slow, 335x1, slow... cut the back of the shirt, 335x1 easy... 4-board presses 365x2, 405x2

Tricep pd's vbar - 40x20x4, 50x20x4.. these last few sets really hurt and it took a lot to finish them out

that was it.. we went a little crazy with the benching today so we took it easy on after that

3/7/06 - Tuesday

Squat - warm up, bar for a couple of sets, 135x8, 135x7, put on briefs, 225x5, 225x4, 315x3, 405x5, blue band work, 225x2x4 rest 16 to 20 sec between sets... after set number 4, rest 1.5 min.. 315x2x4... the last set of 2 was hard especially rep#2.. came up slow, but kept my form. this band work is nuts.

Hyper ext mach - stackx10x3

lat pulldown - 160x6, 170x6, 180x6

bent over rows - 135x8, 185x7, 235x6, 235x6, 185x10, 135x10

3/6/06 - Monday

Bench - warmup - barx10, 95x10, 135x8, 135x4, 225x3... blue bands work 155x3x4 sets.. 16-20 count between sets

DB Incline #1 setting - 75x6, 80x6, 85x6

Plate raises - 45x10x4

Rear delt rope - 80x10, 100x10, 120x10, 140x10

Tri pushdowns vbar - 60x10x3, 70x10x2

3/4/06 - Saturday

Squat - warm up - bar for a couple sets of 10, 145x8, 145x6, put on my hips/briefs, 235x5, 235x3, 325x1 belt, 435x2 belt light wrap.. felt good, the 435 felt nice and light coming up... the second one i think i was a little loose when i started to come up.

Dead - 225x3, 315x1, 405x1, 475x1... the 475 felt good and came up good.

cage good mornings - starting from the weight on the pins, so i was starting the movement from the bottom up... 225x5, 315x3, 365x3

that was it, i called it a day. i need to start implementing the camera into my workouts. just ordered my competition on dvd so i'll have my last meet lifts up soon hopefully.

3/2/06 - Thursday

Can't believe March is here already!

Bench - warm up with bar x10... did floor presses today - 135x3, 225x3, 245x3x2... went over to the bench and did 185x5 full range. my forearms are so damn short that on the floor presses i was only a couple inches above my chest. rob on the other hand was a lot higher.

DB incline #2 setting - 75x4, 80x4, 85x4

Close grip Bench - 215x3, 235x1, 255x1

Flat bar tri pushdowns - 50x20x8

we cut back a little this week, and wanted to work the lockout part of the lift. we're firing off of our chest fine, but the lockouts are slow. i am no where near where i was in preparation for my last meet at this point in the training cycle, for bench anyway.

this is not about training, however it pertains, because this is what i usually do twice a day for supplementation. this is an isolated supplementation that i do... i do supplement with more stuff like aminos and creatine, but i started doing this last week and i love it!

i recently bought a box of 50 Met-Rx extreme chocolate packets for about $70. I also buy coffee twice a day. I go to the Mobil station down the street... they sell New England Coffee. I'm sick of Dunkin' Donuts coffee and their coffee is overpriced. I get a 16oz coffee at Mobil for $1.10 and every time i buy 5 i get one free. so in the morning, i get my chocolate cappacino flavored coffee - black. i arrive at my store, open up, and then i put my coffee in the blender, turn it on and add the Met-Rx. It's pretty damn good. it comes out more like a hot chocolate or a latte type of drink. i get my caffeine fix and my supplementation. i do this later on in the afternoon also 3-4pm, somewhere in there. give it a try. i haven't tried it with black coffee or other flavors, but i do know that this one works well with it.