Brian Carroll | 10/20/Life Precontest | Week 8 day 2 Bench press | 3 weeks out from the WPO

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I officially started my WPO prep 9.1.18, and the goal was to start getting my body used to the Inzer gear, load, and pressure that will be coming over the next ten weeks.

We are now less than two weeks out from November 11.

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Gear used during this cycle and for the meet:

I’m now sitting here writing this as training is pretty much done.

I feel like I’ve done a training cycle let’s put it that way.

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10.22.18 Monday Week 9, day 2 Bench press (catchhing up from last week)

Warm-up:

  • McGill Big 3
  • Side laterals
  • Scapula walks
  • Internal/external rotation
  • Rear delt flye

Training:

  1.  Bench press in back-up loose SDP: 455×1 – 5board, 600×1 – 4bd, 685×1 – 3board, 735×1 – 2board, 775×1 – 1board
  2.  Lockout medium grip 4bd work: 555×2, 605×2, 655×2, 675×2
  3.  Band press-down: 6×12
  4.  Walking cooldown

 

For those following along, for this cycle, I’m working off my goal percentages and staying pretty much week to a week straight out of the 10/20/Life book with the template progressions, every 3-week deloads, etc. but one significant change would be multiple single-sets vs. rep-sets of triples and doubles.

Bench felt good. I used one of my back-up shirts which fits a little loose for this day. I don’t have the pop my meet shirt provides, but it’s a great fit. I also have another back-up which is a little tighter and is actually between my go-to shirt and this back-up. I think I’m going to promote that one to a back-up shirt.

Training, except for some light fluff and buff stuff is done.  As I write this, I have about 12 more days to heal up and make a couple of adjustments to my diet and sleep.

I traveled this weekend, so I’m a little bit tired even after being home for over a day. It was so worth it because SWIS was incredible. Much more to come on this. Plus, I have a lot of videos of my lifts to load up.

Looking forward to the meet.

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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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