11 May Brian Carroll Offseason: Week 7, day 1 Squat/DL

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 am registered to compete in August at the RPS Meet in NJ, but first guest lifting at the RPS Ft. Myers meet!

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.

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I have that deadlift meet coming up super fast at the end of this month, so I’m prepping for that best I can.

I will be pulling both sumo and conventional with the goal of pulling a PR. I wont be cutting for this meet but will come in around 265 at the most.

It’s not secret that I will probably not be 100% strength for the end of the month, but I’m going to try to turn it on as best as possible.

Here is Saturday’s session:

Normal warm-up:
KB swings
Mcgill big 3
BW squat

Training:
Pause Squat:
330x3x2
400x3x2
450x2x2

Deads: sumo and conventional back to back
315×2
405×2
500×2
straps up
605×2
straps down
315x2x3
405x2x3

… lots of form work and dialing in technique

Lot’s of McGill big 3

Everything felt pretty good. I’m going to up the volume a bit this coming week (2 weeks out) and work into the low 700’s for back to back reps. I’ll have to push this week harder than I would like to but my time is limited. I’ll make the most of the time that I have.

I’m very thankful that I can pull both sumo and conventional 100% pain free. I had my doubts that this would ever happen again!

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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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