07 Aug Byrd: Squats 8 weeks out!

8 weeks to go, and now the fun begins! Today was one of those days where its hard to stick to the plan. Everything felt light and moved fast, but for once I am seeing the bigger picture. We had a pretty full gym on Saturday, with most in offseason training and Jason on his deload. This means I got the monolift all to myself. To keep a decent pace I payed attention to the other monolift and worked into a rotation following them.

Squats
3 sets with the bar
3×5 @ 155
2×3@ 265
1×1@ 355
1×1@ 445
briefs on
1×1@ 535
1×1@ 625
suit on
1×1@765
1×1@880
1×1@950rb

3×8 belt squat
3×8 single leg gms
3 sets of stir the pot

I feel like I am on track, and really excited to see where this goes. Training at this point has been fun, and I have a fire that I have not had in some time. Its nice to feel some drive in the gym!

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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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