25 Feb Dan Dalenberg | XPC-2 |SQ/DL/BENCH

Contest prep is a wrap! Some light work, a weight cut and plenty of rest for the next week and a half. Here’s a quick look at what I did during week two.

Day 1- Squat/Deadlift

Plan: Last warm up on both.

Squat- 660 for 2 singles.

I took it the first time and it was awful. Chelsea and I moved into our house this past weekend. Between the physical labor of moving and then the additional stress of doing that I was physically and mentally spent. I had a lot of trouble sleeping in the new place the first two nights as well. So by Monday afternoon my body was done. Checked out.

Deads- 315 x 3 x 1

I pulled up to 315, realized how tired I really was and bailed on the rest of the session. Went home to sleep. I actually felt ill, flu like but turns out I just really needed rest.

Day 2- Bench

Plan: Last warm up

Last warm up moving right. Done. #bench #benchpress #powerlifting #1020life #powerrackstrength #watermelongang????

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Maybe the best my bench has felt in a long, long time. Moved fast and snappy, effortless.

Curls and pressdowns to finish out.

This Training Cycle

This contest prep was kind of messy. Bought a house. Traveled for work to do a very time consuming and expensive validation lab. Moved into said house.  I spent a good portion of the “meat” of this prep traveling and working way too much. However, I was able to get all of the training done that I needed to and feel ready now.

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Daniel Dalenberg

Dan Dalenberg is a pro level raw and equipped powerlifter with elite totals in the 220, 242 and 275 class. Best official raw meet lifts include an 804 squat, 507 bench press, 715 dead lift and 2006 total. Best equipped lifts include an 950 squat, 715 bench, 735 deadlift and 2400 total at 242. Dan has been training under Brian's guidance using the 10/20/Life methodology since late 2010.

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