Brian Carroll – Bench press with Video, and more Jordan Peterson

I’m back from a fantastic vacation in NC. I ate some really great food, had a full week completely checked out from work and got to spend quality time with my Wife Ria and the boys.

Anyway, back in the swing of things. Starting this mini-cycle off with 3’s, and will taper down to 2’s and 1’s. Check it out:

Normal warm-up:
a. Band flye
b. McGill big 3
c. DB press
d. Empty bar

I took extra time to get warm and got started with floor press. Pec is feeling great and the week before went pretty well.

Floor Press – RPE ~5 (coming back slow)
225x3x3
275x3x3

Bench press with my SDP (you can get your SUPER DUPER PHENOM HERE). My focus was on pulling the shirt super low. Switched to doubles to have better control of the bar and ensure not getting too fatigued.

400×2 – 5bd
455×2 – 4bd
500×2 – 3bd
555×2 – 3bd
595×2 – 2bd

DB press: 4×10
DB skull: 4×10
Hammer curl: 3×10
Cable Triceps pressdown: 5×10
Left-arm extra work
Stir the pot: 50

Great session. Floor press felt good, so did equipped bench. No pain, bar felt good in my hands and I had zero pain or tightness in my left pec. (recently strained). I’ll be pushing a little heavier week 2, and week 3 will be a deload as I have commitments.

The biggest focus for me right now is dialing in my SDP and getting used to wearing it low. Super Duper low.

With that said, I’m really enjoying my offseason training these days. I guess it’s nice to not be in meet mode with a sense of urgency at all times. Hard to keep that mentality for a long time.

Great podcast here:

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Brian Carroll

Owner and Founder at PowerRackStrength.com
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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