27 Aug Danny Bellmore – Week 7 Offseason Not Without Another Roadblock

I just completed the 2017 APF Senior Nationals. With just a small set back the meet went fairly well. I finished with a win in the Masters and the Open. I will be going into a long off season with nothing planned as far as meets go.

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I had my neck fused back in 2014, everything had been good up until about a month and half ago. While sweeping up some trash into a dust pan I had two sheets of plywood fall on my head. This rung my bell pretty good but I didn’t think too much about it. Fast forward a month later and I was waking up with a considerable amount of neck pain. To be honest I had thought that this was stemming from drag racing. Taking a break from racing things had been getting worse over time with loss of feeling in my left arm. First visit with the doctor with x-rays showed that the bones that had been fused had moved showing about half the spacing on my left side then the previous x-ray done 6 months after the fusion. I am currently waiting for a date for a MRI.

Squats

McGill Big 3

Goblet Squats 3×10

Wide Stance (below parallel)

Barx20

165×8

245×4

330 x 3

380 x 3

410 x 3

435 x 3

455 x 3

Close Stance 1 Inch High Box

295×6

2335×6

385×6

Ham Glute Raises

4×12

Leg Ext

4×15

I received my new Inzer size 48 SDP last week so I thought I would start the break in process.

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Bench Press

McGill Big 3

Banded Dislocations

Kettle Bell Swings

Reg Grip Bench

Bar x20

105×8

145×8

205×3

260×3

285×3

310×3

325×3

Shirt 2×3 to 5 brd – hands fell asleep so I shut it down after this.

Close Grip

195×6

235×6

385×6

Incline DB Press

70 x 12

80 x 12

890 x 12

Dips

4×20

I shut my deadlifting down early. My neck has not been feeling all that great so I did not squat or pull. At this point, there is no need to push past the neck pain.

Dead’s

McGill Big 3

Goblet Squats 3×12

KB Swings 3×12

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Danny has been involved in powerlifting since 1994. The first swing at a career was short lived due to a major back injury in 1999 that resulted in a 3-level spinal (lumbar) fusion. At that point, he took a 10-year break. Avoiding the gym all together because his body, and back, just never felt right. In 2010, Danny went to handle a good friend at a local meet. That experience re-ignited the fire within and he was back under the bar, never looking back. Danny established an elite total at my first meet back in 2010 and then accomplished a win at the 2012 APF Masters Nationals. Through his win at the APF Masters, he was training using the Conjugate Method, but he wanted a change. He needed a change. Danny reached out to a friend who stated that Brian and the Samson Barbell crew had it going on. In the process of connecting with Brian, he has endured a few setbacks. During our initial discussions, he had torn my rotator cuff and labrum, along with a separated AC joint. The surgery did not "take" and just nine months later, he was back under the knife for a "do-over." During the healing process, he had lost feeling and strength in my right arm. Being pig headed, he waited and waited. My choice to remain stubborn backfired, and I was back in the OR for another spinal (cervical) fusion. Now healed, and a few years under Brian, Danny’s total has moved to 1871 @ 165. He doesn’t like to predict or talk about goals, but he wants more, and feels like he has more. Plans now are to compete at the Senior Nationals in Jacksonville, Florida this June.

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