03 Jun Brian Carroll Offseason Week 1, day 2

I just finished competing at the XPC Arnold Finals 3/7/15 where I totaled 2610@242 and won the overall. I did not achieve ALL of my goals but I’m still happy with the results, not content.

I’m after the total record at 242 of 2695, and squat record of 1140. My best total ever is 2730, and best squat ever is 1185 – my best individual lifts combined are low to mid 2800’s at 275. My best total at 242 is 2610 and I will be adding to that very soon.

My next meet is RPS Meet August 29, in Atlantic City, NJ.

The plan for summer is to take my heavy weeks while home, and working raw and in briefs while gone on the road. Too many distractions while traveling to ensure that I’ll be on point and have all I need to go over 1k on the squat.

Training for this competition starts now.

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Starting a new more ‘specific’ offseason now. 12 weeks out from Saturday

Normal warm-up:
McGill Big 3
Band Fly
Band Skull

Floor press:
230×5
280x5x2
320×5
340×5

Incline DB: 4×10
Flat DB: 4×10

Circuit:
Band fly
Bench dip
Birddog

DONE.

Good session. I’m going to be doing a lot of floor pressing and getting back to the straight bar. It did feel strange to press with the straight bar! Most of the floor pressing that I’ve been doing has been with the cambered bar. I’ll also be working back into the Inzer SDP shirt as soon as I get it.

The goal with each lift over the next 4-5 weeks is to not only attack weak points but to still get plenty of raw volume in and also to break in my Inzergear so it’s not an issue the final 5-6 weeks like it has been at times getting the correct fit. The gear will be new to me so I don’t want to take any chances.

So each day will have a combination of raw and equipped work in this block. As I transition into precontest work for August, it will be more equipped work but I will keep the raw work there to keep muscle fullness. This will be more apparent in July when I’m training heavier.

Stay tuned for more on this in the coming days.

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Brian Carroll

Owner and Founder at PowerRackStrength.com

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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