Brian Carroll: Week 5 Squat and Deadlift

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After 3 months of lack-luster (or lack thereof) training post Arnold, I’m following the offseason Combo template straight out of the 10/20/Life book for the next 10 weeks. The only modifications I’m making is low reps with the squat and deadlift, but normal higher (4/5) reps with bench. I’ll make up the total volume on my assistance work concerning the squat/DL. I have no meet plans in sight.

Crazy week after this squat and dead session, so since last Saturday’s training, its really been a wash. We Ria and I celebrated our 7year wedding anniversary on Monday, so I did a light fluff and buff quickly, and then I fell/slipped down my stairs which messed up Wed’s training.

Normal Warm-up
A. Band fly/Band shoulder dislocation
B. McGill big 3
C. Goblet squat
D. Empty bar x20

Saturday 7.15.17
Goal: singles to RPE 7
Squat:
Top set of 400x1x4 with SSB
Deadlift:
Top set of 500×1 off 4″ blocks
C. One leg GM: 3×10
C. Suitcase carry with 65lb KB 200 yards
C. Stir the pot 60

Good session! Admittedly, I suck at the SSB, plus I’m weak. Makes for a slow squat day but got some work in. Getting better though.

This summarizes this lackluster 5 weeks of training, which surely I’ll easily beat the next 5 weeks. I did bang up my knee and my ankle when I slipped down my stairs, so we will see if squatting is in the cards.

I hope to continue to make small improvements over the next 20 weeks as things get less crazy in my life.



Super awesome to see.. Oh, what could have been. My favorite is the warning track laser to nail Harold Reynolds, one of the fastest guys in the American league during this time.

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Brian Carroll

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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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