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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Over the years I have been fortunate to visit various gyms and coaches and learn an immense amount of valuable information regarding strength & conditioning. The deadlift has been one of my better lifts and I love training it. Sooner or later you find yourself getting stuck and not progressing in your lifts and you have to figure out what is the cause. Is it that I am training too much? Is it that I have some sort of injury? What is the weak link? So what I have done is when I have reached certain standstills I have reach out for help and asked other coaches. Guys like Dave Tate, John Bott, and Louie Simmons are just a few who have helped me continue to progress in this ion game.
Here is a few tips that I think can help anyone out with their conventional deadlift.
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Tags: "hamstring strength", "lower back", abs, deadlift, hanley strength, marlboro strength coach, powerlifting
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
Yesterday was my last heavy squat/deadlift session of my meet cycle. I will be competing in about 21 days. I took a an opener in a suit yesterday and took my 2nd attempt with reverse monster bands. I got some videos of the squats and pulls. This is how the day went:
Squats
Warm up: bar x5, 135x5x2, 185×3
Briefs : 250×1, 340×1, 390 x1, 430 x1, 480×1
Suit Straps Down: 505×1
Straps Up: 535×1, 585×1
Rev Band: 635×1
My opener will be a little bit lighter in this meet than last to reserve myself for my 2nd and 3rd attempt. Overall I felt good yesterday and am looking forward to the meet.
Deadlifts:
135x2x2, 225×1, 315×1, 365×1, 405×1, 455×1, 495×1, 545×1
Most of these are done with my suit on which is not too ganster just to get a feel for the suit. This is usually my strongest lift so I am happy with this.
After wards I performed some back raises for reps and some standing ab work for reps.
Here a video of my last couple squats and deadlifts:
Tags: athletes, bench, deadlift, hanley strength, new jersey, powerlifting, squat, Strength
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
Today I had a dynamic effort day. It went something like this:
DE Bench - 95 x 3 x 3, 115 x 3 x 6
*this was perform with a mini band doubled around the bar and band peg. I use 3 different grips when doing speed bench. Close grip, thumb from smooth and pinky on the ring are my grips and I do a set of each then repeat.
Accessory Work
1a. DB Bench Press – 50×6,65×3, 75×20, 75x 8,8,12 * couple extra reps this week.
2a. Fat Grip Pullups – BW x 8,8,8,8
2b. DB Power Cleans – 20×15,15,15
3a. Band Pushdowns – Monster mini x 25 x 3
3b. Iso-Hold DB Curls – 15 x 15ea. x 2
* This week I used the Tyler Grips which are fat rubber handles to put over the bar.
Cardio - I walked the treadmill for 30 minutes at an incline of 8 and a speed of 3.4, I really do this to keep myself loose and get some recovery work for my hamstrings.
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Tags: bench, bench press, chest, hanley strength, marlboro personal trainer, marlboro strength coach, new jersey powerlifting, powerlifting, the training studio
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Today I had a lower body workout which can change depending on the week. Since this coming sunday I will be taking a heavy single in my suit bottoms with 3 chains I decided to just get some free squatting in to practice form for the most part. I also did assistance work. Here is how the workout looked.
1. Free Squat: barx10, 145×5, 195×5, 235×3, add briefs: 285×5, 325x5x2, 375×5
* this was performed to practice form more than anything else, I used the competition squat bar so the bar weighs 10lbs more therefore my numbers look a bit different. I also used my competition briefs which are metal ace briefs
2. SSB Reverse Lunge: bar x 10 each leg x 3 sets
* this was just to get some blood flow in my quads and some single leg work which I do less of during a competition cycle.
3a. GHR: BW x 10 x 3
3b. Fwd/Bwd Sled Drag: 3 Plates x 10 yds (2 laps) x 3
4a. Reverse Hypers: 200 x 12 x 3
4b. Pushups: BW x 20 x 3
4c. Seated Rev Grip Cable Row: 160 x 15 x 3
I did a little upper body to get some blood work in and break a little sweat.
Over all it was a really nice workout and I have been feeling really good. Looking forward to my meet in November.
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Tags: "hamstring strength", "lower back", deadlift, hanley strength, marlboro personal trainer, marlboro strength coach, new jersey powerlifting, powerlifting, squat, the training studio
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Monday, October 12th, 2009
Today I had a dynamic effort day. It went something like this:
DE Bench - 95 x 3 x 6, 115 x 3 x 3
*this was perform with a mini band doubled around the bar and band peg. I use 3 different grips when doing speed bench. Close grip, thumb from smooth and pinky on the ring are my grips and I do a set of each then repeat.
Accessory Work
1a. DB Bench Press – 50×6,65×3, 75×17, 75x8x3
2a. Fat Grip Pullups – BW x 8,8,7,6
2b. DB Power Cleans – 20×15,15,12,12
3a. Band Pushdowns – Monster mini x 25 x 2
3b. Iso-Hold DB Curls – 15 x 12ea. x 2
Cardio - I walked the treadmill for 30 minutes at an incline of 8 and a speed of 3.3, I really do this to keep myself loose and get some recovery work for my hamstrings.
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Tags: bench, bench press, chest, hanley strength, marlboro personal trainer, marlboro strength coach, new jersey powerlifting, powerlifting, Strength, the training studio
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009
Today is sunday and on sunday’s I travel up north to John Bott’s house to train with a dedicated group of powerlifters. We squat and deadlift on sundays to prepare for our meets. Here is what I did today…..
Box Squat w/chains – 135 x 3,
add chains (3) – 185×3, 225 x3
add briefs – 275x2x2, 315x2x2, 365x2x2, 405x1x2
*this was performed using a foam box, we usually use this on the first week of our 4 week cycle, then switch to a hard box for a heavy single with suit bottoms on, then we deload with straight weight and then take a full competition suit squat.
Sumo Deadlift w/bands – 225x1x2, 255x1x3, 275x1x3, 295×1, 315×1
* this was performed on a sumo base jumpstrecth platform using mini bands doubled up.
Accessory Work:
1A. Back Raise – 25 lbs. x 15-20 x 4
1B. Standing Abs – 100 lbs. x 12-15 x 4
I had a heavy suit last sunday so I kept it fairly light today. After this session I usually go home and do some sort of light activity like taking a bike ride or walking Harley with Juliet Deane.
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Tags: deadlift, marlboro, new jersey powerlifting, powerlifting, squat
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Tags: athletes, fight training, fitness, hanley strength, marlboro, marlboro personal trainer, MMA, new jersey, powerlifting, Strength
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