27 Mar Morgan Colling | Offseason | Week 1 Bench & Deadlift

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I recently competed in the XPC Finals at the Arnold on March 4th in Columbus, OH where I totaled 745 @ 123. I don’t currently have my next meet selected, although I plan on competing at some point this fall. I recently began a long offseason under Brian Carroll’s tutelage.

[wa-wps]

Everything is feeling good. My bench felt strong this week and I’m excited to have floor presses as my main movement for a while.

Tuesday: Bench

  • Warm-up
    • McGill big 3
    • Side lats & band flyes
    • Hip & shoulder mobility
    • Bench 45x2x10
  • Set work
    • Floor press 5×5 – top set 125
      https://www.instagram.com/p/BDRcpS-ubdQ/?taken-by=morgan56kg
    • Form bench 80x5x2
      https://www.instagram.com/p/BDRaDEqubYa/?taken-by=morgan56kg
    • DB incline bench 3×10 – top set 30’s

Boom done. I love bench day. Short and sweet. Really focusing on cues that Paul Key gave me when setting up for my bench. Trying to bring the bar down lower on my chest and keep my knees pushed out.

Friday: Deadlift

I knew that I was in trouble when I saw the word “pause” a million times in my programming. Pause deadlifts are so necessary though because in addition to helping me pull quicker off the floor, it’s killer for your core.

I played around with using both and over and underhand grip for my pull-ups. I’ve gained about 10 pounds and who the fuck knew that pull-ups would be THAT much more difficult? I did sets of 5 which I wouldn’t necessarily consider failure, but volitional fatigue. I used to be able to do many more consecutive pull-ups, so I’ve got some work to do.

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Brian is a retired world-class powerlifter with over two decades of world-class powerlifting. From 1999 to 2020, Brian Carroll was a competitive powerlifter, one of the most accomplished lifters in the sport's history. Brian started off competing in bench press competitions 'raw,' then, shortly into the journey, he gravitated toward equipped lifting as there were no "raw" categories then. You only had to choose from single-ply (USPF) and Multi-ply (APF/WPC). Brian went on to total 2730 at 275 and 2651 at 242 with more than ten times his body weight in three different classes (220, 242, 275), and both bench pressed and deadlifted over 800 pounds in two other weight classes. He's totaled 2600 over 20 times in 2 different weight classes in his career. With 60 squats of 1000lbs or more officially, this is the most in powerlifting history, regardless of weight class or federation, by anyone not named David Hoff. Brian realized many ups and downs during his 20+ years competing. After ten years of high-level powerlifting competition and an all-time World Record squat at 220 with 1030, in 2009, Brian was competing for a Police academy scholarship. On a hot and humid July morning, Brian, hurdling over a barricade at 275lbs, landed on, fell, and hurt his back. After years of back pain and failed therapy, Brian met with world-renowned back specialist Prof McGill in 2013, which changed his trajectory more than he could have imagined. In 2017, Brian Carroll and Prof McGill authored the best-selling book about Brian's triumphant comeback to powerlifting in Gift of Injury. Most recently (10.3.20) -Brian set the highest squat of all time (regardless of weight class) with 1306 lbs – being the first man to break the 1300lb squat barrier at a bodyweight of 303 lbs.
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