Brian Carroll | 10/20/Life Combo day Week 10 | Mini Meet | 955 Squat, 735 bench, 635 deadlift

I’m looking at doing a tune-up meet this spring to knock off some rust, dial-in some details and make a final-last run for the WPO this coming November. I don’t quite know where I stand since I haven’t competed in over a year. I’m a realist-a lot can change in a year.

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This final week, week 10.  I had to combine all of my last warm-ups into one training day. I had to go out to Vegas for work, and this is always a good simulator for a meet day. I dubbed it a mini-meet about ten years ago.

In my book 10/20/Life: I suggest last warm-ups for squat at 14 days, bench 12 days and deadlift no closer than ten days out. This ensures proper hyper-compensation from a brutal cycle and adequate recovery. I have no clue why some lift heavy on meet week, but whatever. We aren’t all the same, for sure.

I have to say everything felt pretty good. At this point in prep, things are slower than usual, biceps tendonitis flares up and overall, my body typically feels pretty bad. I think this is where nutrition and supplementation really play a factor here. If you’re eating a crappy inflammatory diet, you’ll likely feel worse than if you were eating better. Not always, but in my case, it’s been true.

I want to thank the guys for the help and staying late for me! Ben Sheard, one of our newest additions came up from Ft Lauderdale to give me a hand as well.

The purpose of this training cycle is: 1. Get back in shape. 2. Determine what I need to work on between now and the WPO. 3. Make sure I still have ‘it.’

No matter what, I’m happy with this cycle and how far I’ve come since December/Jan.

More to come soon!

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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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