10 Dec Brian Carroll Offseason training – Week 3, day 2 – Bench assistance

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

I’m finishing week 2 of offseason work this week. I’ve had enough time off now. I’m ready to get back to it. This will be all raw for 5 weeks.

I plan on bringing my bodyweight down to the 260 range vs 265 – 268 so I can make the cut as simple as possible. I’ll be working on dropping the weight over the next little bit.

Update: BW has hit a low of 258 today!

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.

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

I pretty much hit the ground running as I landed in JAX from Newark, NJ on Monday around 12:30pm!

I got to the gym and hammered the following out in about 60min

Training
Band fly (average): 4×12
Band skull (average):4×12
Traditional dip: 3×12
Bench dip: 3×15
Explosive push-up: 5×5
Incline DB press (very inclined): 4×12

Finished with some BD’s and rolling planks for time….

Like I touched on earlier, bw has hit a low of 258. Mainly due to travel, but also the lack of COOKIE MACROS at night… haha.

I’d like to take it down closer to 250, then slowly come back up to 260ish and keep it there.

I’m going to crank things up raw over the next few weeks as I get ready to head into precontest training for the Arnold XPC.

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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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