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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Week 6 started off pretty good. I was coming off the trip to Westside-where I had a very good session. I wanted to build from this momentum and carry this onto the next week.

The plan for the day was to take a more substantial number than the week prior, but we didn’t have a lot of help in the gym, so I changed my plans.

Here is how the day went:

Normal Warm-up

a. Bodyweight squat plus heat creme

b. McGill big 3

c. Band flye/hip airplane

d. the empty bar for a few reps

Squat

500 in preds

650 added gripper knee wraps

805 added Leviathan Ultra-pro

955x1x2 – a little heavier than last warm-up.

I wasn’t quite comfortable with going over 1000lbs with only a handful of handlers/spotters, so I decided to stay lighter and not push it too hard.

Deadlift

(Fusion Dler with Grid-stitch)

405

500

600

675

725-opener-ish

Belt pause squat: 3×8

Frame carry: 50ydx4 trips

Suitcase carry: 50ydx4 trips

Pretty good session overall. I wish 955 felt a little better, but I’ll admit it got in my head that we didn’t have a ton of spotters. Not having two people on each side bothers me more sometimes than others which I feel is natural. Some days, I don’t care and others I can’t get my head right. I’m a work in progress.

Deadlift felt solid/OK but not completely locked in. In the past, I haven’t worn very tight DL (as supportive as I should have) suits but having this much suit-support in the bottom of a conventional deadlift, but this Fusion Grid is the truth!

The plan for the next 2 weeks on the squat and deadlift goes as follows:

Week 7-deload

Week 8-(this weekend)-heavy squat/moderate deadlift

Week 9-(next weekend)-moderate squat/heavy deadlift