Last heavy squat workout was September 30th. Almost 8 weeks to the day, my fire is back and I am ready to get after another couple meets. So, the only logical thing to do was call up Cullen and let him know I am coming to train. 8:30 am, much better then noon and we can get it done and still have most of our day to do what ever else needs done.
Of course, Cullen had to let me know how incredibly gay my "gun" picture was. It is good to see the bastard is still reads this and keeps up on his pal. I agreed with him, as I even said in my blog that it was increasing the gayness of the blog. I apologize for that Nick, put you DID have a shirtless pic up on the main site...
Lance's nephew Trevor is now with us as well. He is going to be strong as hell if he sticks with it. He is a good kid, but we abuse the hell out him. Make him load the bars, put stuff away, etc. He takes it well. Having Lance as an uncle will certainly be motivation enough. Lance is getting strong as hell!
Todays fun-
-SSB squats off the box: worked up to 535x1 and missed 585x1. Cullen helped just a bit off the box with 585, so I can't count it as a good rep. Wore briefs and belt. Pretty happy with that as I have been away for so long. Next time we do SSB off the box, I am smoking 600. I wonder if Mr. "You never finish anything" could squat 600 on the SSB???? My money is on NO.
-Sumo deads: 405 x5, x5, x5. I will be doing sumos for the next 5 weeks leading up into my cycle for the April Iron Horse Classic in Ohio.
-Seated cambered bar good mornings: 225 x10, x10, x10
-Standing abs: 100 x15, x15, x15.
We are also going to do the Pittsburgh Monster meet again March of 08'. Cullen and Lance will be doing both the bench and deadlift, I will just be deadlifting. I am not going to peak for it, just use it like a max effort training day and try for 730 or better at 220-242 depending on how I am weighing then. According to my cycle, that will put me at between week 9 and 14, or 630 and 715 training deadlift weight respectively.
Looking to end this cycle squatting 780 for a double and deadlifting 730 for a double. I am going to play around with some things this time through and see how I come out on the other side. I am not sure if I will be running a straight cycle or not, but I am leaning towards doing a lot more SSB and cambered bar this time around. I shall see.
Let the mother-fucking games begin.
-Rick
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