23 Dec Brian Carroll 10/20/Life Offseason training – Week 5, day 2 – bench assistance

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SEMINAR NEWS!!!

January 17th and 18th 2015
Madtown Fitness in Madison Wisconsin
Address: 802 Stewart St, Madison, WI 53713
Phone:(608) 270-9606

What will be covered:

-Offseason training for mass
-Correcting weaknesses in movements
-Fixing muscular imbalances
-Injury rehabilitation
-Mobility and Prehabilitation
-Training mentality – How not to get complacent, how to build confidence in your lifts through proper goal setting
-Strength peaking
-Picking assistance movements that you need – how to choose them, how to perform them
-Hands on coaching for the Squat, Bench, and Deadlift

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10-ish weeks until the Arnold, which is March 7, 2015.

I’m finishing week 5 of offseason work this week.

Update: BW has hit a low of 257.5 currently and is floating between 257-260

I’m making Saturday a day to hit all 3 big movements – squat/bench/deadlift to ensure my back continues to have the conditioning necessary to improve. Also, I REALLY LIKE doing all 3 on one day, then just assistance work on the other 2 days. Works well, especially raw.

I’ll be finishing up my offseason work this coming week and then move my schedule around to a more traditional split that looks something like this:

Day 1 – Squat/DL
Day 2 – Bench
Day 3 – Squat/DL assistance
Day 4 – Fluff and Buff – upper body

Normal warm-up: Always McGill big 3
Band fly
Push-up

Band Skull: 3×12
Band fly: 3×12
Incline DB press: 3×12
Bench Dip: 3×15
Explosive Push-up: 5×5
Side lateral: 3×12
Hammer curl: 3×12
Rolling plank: 50

Good day. My elbow (triceps) was a little bit tender from the 3 lift stuff on Saturday, so I didn’t push as hard as I would have liked. Great session non the less.

My body weight is about 260 after some junk food took it up to 265ish over the weekend. I’m making sure to drink plenty of water so I don’t hold onto every bit of water I drink. Sounds backwards right?

I’m deloading after tomorrow and the following week I’ll be pushing toward the Arnold with precontest training!

I’m looking forward to pushing toward the Arnold. It will be March before we know it!

I will be out of town next weekend for xmas, but I’ll be starting my cycle officially for the Arnold Jan 3ish. I’m in solid shape so 7-8 weeks will be just right.

I’m more motivated than ever for this meet! Hope to see you there!

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Brian Carroll

Brian is a world-class powerlifter with over two decades of elite and pro-level powerlifting under his belt. Coming back from a devastating back injury in 2012 that broke multiple bones and that most experts said he would never recover from, he has returned to the pinnacle of world-class lifting (while 100% pain and symptom-free) and is now dedicated to helping others avoid the same mistakes that he made in the past through private and group coaching in Jacksonville, FL. Brian’s impressive recovery has given him the opportunity to teach and deliver talks to physical therapists, chiropractors, medical doctors, professional strength & conditioning coaches and experts from all facets of sport, on how to avoid injury, while building anti-fragile strength and resilience in athletes.

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