03 Dec Brian Carroll offseason – Week 2 combo day: Squat/bench/deadlift

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

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 was in the Howell area for a Seminar in Ithaca, Michigan so I grabbed a session at my second home at Total Fitness in Howell, Michigan – aka Michigan Barbell. Once again, if you’re in the Howell area and love to train, you HAVE to check it out. Thanks again heather for all that you do!

I’ll make a separate post about the seminar soon but training went well.

I was a little bit tight from travel and squats didn’t feel quite dialed in, but either way – goal was to work all 3 lifts in a range of about 6-7 RPE. So easy and light, but with the pace we moved it made it more challenging. We finished this whole session in an hour!

Marc, Josh, Kenny and a few others booked it and got done FAST. felt good! Only second week back, so it’s going to take some time to get in the groove.

Mike Zooderak and his training partner Noovie did some deadlifting, and shane/kroc showed up later and did some squats.

Normal warm-up: Always McGill big 3
Goblet
BW squat

Training
Triples with top set of 6 RPE
squat: 510×3 top set
Bench: 365×3 top set
dead: 405×3 top set/ sumo and conv

I have some scoliosis so my bar tends to twist on the squat at times and today was worse than normal. I’m always crooked, but some days are worse than others. I also deal with my left side being a little tighter than my right, especially the hip so there you have the lean and twist. Tends to act up more during travel.

Other than making the lift ugly looking, it’s fine really but I wouldn’t suggest trying it! LOL

I’m still loving the 3 lifts in 1 day as it allows so much flexiblity in my schedule! [share title=”Share this Article” facebook=”true” twitter=”true” google_plus=”true” linkedin=”true” pinterest=”true” reddit=”true” email=”true”][author title=”About the Author”]

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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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