05 Jan Brian Carroll | Arnold XPC Training | Week 2 Day 1 & 2 |

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I’m about 9 weeks out from the Arnold & 14 out from the RPS US Open and just started precontest!

Also, as shown in the Featured pic – 10/20/life SECOND ADDITION in SOFT BACK physical copies will be ready VERY soon! Keep an eye out for this!

805 warmup squat in #leviathanultrapro First week back in #Inzer gear! Depth isn't terrible for such light weight. #1020life #teamPRS #powerrackstrength #powerlifting #xpc #inzeradvancedesigns

A post shared by Brian G Carroll (@briancarroll81) on Jan 2, 2016 at 2:11pm PST

Did some 2" block pulls Conventional after squats. 2×2 with 605 or 75%. You can Purchase the shirt I'm wearing in the link in bio! #1020life #teamPRS #Inzer #inzeradvancedesigns #tentwentylife #deadlift #powerlifting #powerrackstrength #xpc #usopen

A post shared by Brian G Carroll (@briancarroll81) on Jan 2, 2016 at 6:40pm PST

Week 2 bench press – 605×3 -3bd. First week back in the shirt and feeling good!! #usopen #xpc #1020life #teamPRS #inzeradvancedesigns #Inzer #powerlifting #powerrackstrength #tentwentylife #bench

A post shared by Brian G Carroll (@briancarroll81) on Jan 5, 2016 at 2:45pm PST

Since my last post, I’ve gotten on track. You can read about my come to Jesus here: Last log entry

Training Saturday!

Normal warm-up which you can read about HERE McGill Big 3

First day back in gear! Here’s how it went
Predator briefs/ Inzer Grippers
600×1 – 2 singles
700×1 – 2 singles
Added Leviathan Ultra – 805×1 (second to last warm-up)

Deads – 2″ block pull
615x2x2

One Leg GM: 3×10
Birddog: lots

DONE.

Great session. It felt good to be back in the gear and actually have it feel comfortable. I really think this will be key for me being the second cycle in the Inzer gear. My groove felt good. I’m going to stay raw for a couple more weeks to make up for having to take a couple of weeks off from offseason.

I’ll be working higher on both the squat and deadlift next week before taking a deload. Prob 900 squat and 675 ish on dead.

Monday – Day 2

Normal warm-up

Bench

335×1
425×3 – 3bd
465×3 – 3bd
added SDP size 58/56
515×3 – 2 sets
570×3 – 1 set
610×3 – 1 set
* all to 3bd

Incline DB press: 3×10
Bench dip: 3×15
Triceps press-down: 3×15
Band fly: 3×15

This felt like crap even though it moved well. I have a LOT of work to do with my bench. I didn’t get a whole lot of good work in over the offseason but with Paul Key’s help, I’ll get to where I need it to be. Next week will be more of the same as we approach 80%+.

Long road ahead, but I’m up for it.