We're four and a half weeks out until the Equinox Open powerlifting meet. I'm feeling pretty good about all my lifts and feel like I'm pretty much on track to be capable of reaching my 1080 lb. target set 5 weeks ago. Honestly, the hardest part about the program is force-feeding myself food all the time -- kinda shocking since eating has always come natural for me. Last time I weighed myself I was 215.5 lbs.
Squat 3x5 is at 330 lbs. -- I'm going for 335 lb tonight.
Bench 3x5 at 215 lbs. -- going for 220 lb at lunch...might stall here. Last rep at 215 was heroic. We shall see.
Deadlift 5rm at 375 lbs. -- I tried 375 at the gym last week and the bar slipped out of my hands on the last rep causing a ruckus and the gym attendant to give me a warning about how the Department of Commerce Library is directly below the gym. Subsequently ordered gym chalk, per reechee's recommendation, and successfully pulled 375 lbs. on Tuesday.
With 4.5 weeks until the meet (and 3.5 weeks of doing linear progression before pulling back and resting the week prior to the meet), I expect/hope to get to 365 lbs. on my squat, 235 lbs. on my bench, and 405 lbs. on my deadlift.
Reechee, let's start planning what we're doing the weekend before the meet and whether we're gonna do a mock-meet.
failed 220 lbs. 3 reps, 3 reps, and 2 reps. damn.
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