10 Sep Danny Bellmore – Week 9 Off Season/Thoughts of Retirement

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.

I have not done much training in the past few weeks. I’m having a difficult time with my neck, back and knee being all pissed off at once. This has been making for some pretty miserable days.  I have a MRI scheduled for my neck on Sept 12^th.  My plans right now are to train when I can and back off when I am not feeling very well.

These past few weeks I have been pondering retirement. I have had my first back operation back in 1992 with many more that have followed since.  I have done well working around my aches and pains over the years.  Like anything else this is starting to wear on me and is tiring me out. I guess time will tell where things will be going.

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155 x 10

245 x 3

335 x 3

385 x 3

425 x 3

450 x 3

4×12

Leg Ext

4×12

Ham Glute Raises

4×10

1 mile walk

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McGill Big 3

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Kettle Bell Swings

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Bar x 20

10 5x 8

145 x 8

195 x 3

235 x 3

255 x 3

285 x 3

315 x 3

Close Grip Pin Press

245×6

285×6

325×6

Dips

4×20

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KB Swings 3×12

Belt Squats

3 x 10 wide stance

3 x 10 close stance

Leg Curls

4×10

Seated Long Pulls

4×8

1 mile walk

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Danny Bellmore

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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