23 Oct Byrd- Miami Training

Offseason is in full swing, with goals of bringing up some weak points and getting healthy! So far the body weight is up and body is healing nicely. Currently no meets in the near future, but still lots of big goals.

Friday Brian, Ria, Lisa, Liz, and myself made our way down to Miami to train at Iron Addicts Gym. I really appreciate Burt and Mindy Underwood for being such great hosts. We made it down later in the evening and checked into our hotel. We met up with everyone for a nice dinner, including Josh Bryant and Fred Hatfield. Was fun to pick their brains some and pick up a few things. The dinner was amazing and the company even better. That alone made it worth the trip.

Saturday morning we got up and ate some breakfast and headed over to the gym. Brian and Lisa were putting on the finishing touches to good training cycles. I was just looking to work in some new briefs and work on my conventional deads.

Squat
Raw up to 425
Briefs: all singles
500sx1
625×1
715×1
810×1

A video posted by Jonathan Byrd (@onlythestrong275) on Oct 15, 2016 at 12:08pm PDT

Everything moved fast but I had to fight Jesus for the wheel a few times.

Deads
Singles
365
405
500
585

A video posted by Jonathan Byrd (@onlythestrong275) on Oct 15, 2016 at 3:43pm PDT

These didn’t move well but I’m still learning what works best for my body right now. Good news is there was no real pain and it’s helping my weak points.

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Jonathan Byrd

Jonathan Byrd is a competitive powerlifter, with over 16 years of training experience. Byrd has been ranked nationally for the past 6 years under multiple categories. His total has ranked as high as second nationally in the 275 class. He currently has a best total of 2500lbs. Best individual lifts include a 1040lb squat, a 750lb bench press, and 735lb deadlift. His 1040lb squat ranks him 26th all-time squats at the 308 class. Jonathan currently trains out of Team Samson Gym in Jacksonville, FL. Before powerlifting Jonathan was a college athlete at Methodist University as both an all-conference football player and track athlete. Following graduation he played four years of arena football in various leagues.

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