OK, so I’ve built some momentum over the last couple of weeks and got some solid training in. I’ve had some hoops to jump through over the last couple of months, for sure, as my weight is WAY up, so all new gear and sizes can be challenging. We found out we were pregnant in late August, so I’ve only been back on my TRT for about 2.5 months, so strength is coming back fast. BUT, I need to be realistic for December and not get ahead of myself. I have a lot of work to do before March.

The last heavy part of this cycle ended on a good note. I figured out which style I am going to deadlift, and I saw a few flaws in my squat that I was able to fix, which I’ll get to soon, below. I took last warm-ups and will only be doing raw work for the final 2 weeks of training to ensure healing up fully.

Week 8, Day 1 Saturday Squat & DL Session 

Normal 10/20/Life Warm-up

• Suitcase carry
• McGill big 3
• Cervical/Thoracic Mobility 
• Lock pull-down 
• Shoulder big 3

Training:

• Bulldog bar squat: 450×1, 550×1, 700×1 briefs, added full gear: 845, 935 – last warm-up= DONE
• Deadlift sumo in Fusion DL: 405×1, 500×1, 585×1, 675×1 — last warmup.
• Belt squat: 4×5
• Suitcase carry

Solid training session. My R forearm is killed, so I opted not to bench between the squat and deadlift, I feel I made the correct choice.

Squat felt much better and I was able to open up. I figured out what was binding me up so bad- The wrapping style I was using when I was lifting raw was one that wrapped the top of my leg more than the lower (toward the knee)- this is great for raw, but not in a suit, so I made this change and felt so much better. 935 moved pretty well!

I tell you what, the Inzer Ice-Blue Atomics are a bomb wrap. My favorite ever, and I’ve liked many over the years. I higly suggest picking some up. I feel they are the best on the market currently.

I pulled sumo and it felt pretty good, so that was nice. My deadlift is very fickle. Sometimes my deadlift feels good sumo, and sometimes good conventional. Being much bigger right now, sumo feels like the way to go.

My openers will probably be around 1050, 750, 716 or so, just to make sure to get in the meet. I will be lifting at 308, and not cutting a lb. This takes a lot of pressure off of me.

Raw work for me here on out over the next 2 weeks. Huge thanks to my team for their help this training cycle, can’t do it without a great and dependlable team!