Great picture while in SD (beautiful city/weather) with some awesome people!
Now that I have a few Monday & Saturday’s at home, I’m going to run a 3-week mini-cycle until I go out of town for Exos in PHX, early November. You can still register for the event at EXOS to see me and other great speakers!
Another thing: Since it’s pretty repetitive and boring, I won’t be logging my squat/DL assistance day nor fluff & buff for a bit until I change it up.
Week 1, day 2 – bench
Normal warm-up every single training session, whether I feel like it or not.
Floor press:
top set of 345×3 – RPE 7
SDP break-in process:
Sets off the 5, 4 and 3 (not the first week this shirt has been worn)
top set of 595×3 – 3bd
Incline DB press: 3×10 Flat DB press: 3×10 DB skulls: 3×15 Bench dip: 3×15 Side planks: a few
Finally, 315 doesn’t feel like 615. It’s coming back, but it’s taking longer than expected.
I’ve had Stan wear my new SDP a couple of times, so I got in it (it’s loose) and worked down some boards. First time in the shirt in a long time!
I’ll be working up a little bit with doubles this week and I’m looking forward to it!
Brian is a retired world-class powerlifter with over two decades of world-class powerlifting. From 1999 to 2020, Brian Carroll was a competitive powerlifter, one of the most accomplished lifters in the sport's history. Brian started off competing in bench press competitions 'raw,' then, shortly into the journey, he gravitated toward equipped lifting as there were no "raw" categories then. You only had to choose from single-ply (USPF) and Multi-ply (APF/WPC).
Brian went on to total 2730 at 275 and 2651 at 242 with more than ten times his body weight in three different classes (220, 242, 275), and both bench pressed and deadlifted over 800 pounds in two other weight classes. He's totaled 2600 over 20 times in 2 different weight classes in his career. With 60 squats of 1000lbs or more officially, this is the most in powerlifting history, regardless of weight class or federation, by anyone not named David Hoff.
Brian realized many ups and downs during his 20+ years competing. After ten years of high-level powerlifting competition and an all-time World Record squat at 220 with 1030, in 2009, Brian was competing for a Police academy scholarship. On a hot and humid July morning, Brian, hurdling over a barricade at 275lbs, landed on, fell, and hurt his back.
After years of back pain and failed therapy, Brian met with world-renowned back specialist Prof McGill in 2013, which changed his trajectory more than he could have imagined. In 2017, Brian Carroll and Prof McGill authored the best-selling book about Brian's triumphant comeback to powerlifting in Gift of Injury. Most recently (10.3.20) -Brian set the highest squat of all time (regardless of weight class) with 1306 lbs – being the first man to break the 1300lb squat barrier at a bodyweight of 303 lbs.
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