The meet is getting closer and closer and as the weights get heavier and fatigue grows injuries are almost always going to occur. Some people quit and call it when that happens, but good lifters figure out a way to push through and work around the injuries to keep steady progress and still be ready for the meet. It is about taking the time to diagnose the issue, find people who can help you solve, and do exercises that work around it but still build up those areas. Other times you just have to pop some ibuprofen and do the best you can until the meet is over, but the worst thing you can do is quit when things aren’t going your way. This meet prep for me has been good in the sense that all my lifts are improving but bad in that this has been the most injury-plagued prep yet. Normally I can make it through a prep just fine a few bumps and bruises along the way but this one has been trying, to say the least. So far I’ve popped a rib out, injured my right shoulder to the point where I couldn’t even raise my hand up and just recently had a slight strain in my calf. This has forced me to look into different modalities of training and it has allowed me to look long term how can I prevent this from happening again, now if I just quit I would have never gotten better in those aspects and I wouldn’t have grown as a coach and athlete all things I try to do on a daily basis, so what better way to do that than under the bar. Things are on the up and up and I couldn’t be happier with where I am at.
Here is week 5 training recap:
Sunday
Back
Monday
Low Bar Squats w/ Wraps- 660lbs for 3 Reps
Belt Squats- 4×6
Sumo Pulls- 484lbs 6×1
Ab Wheel- 4×10
Wednesday
Close Grip BP- 445lbs x3x3
Larsen Close Grip BP- 315lbs 4×6
JM Press- 4×10
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Friday
Sumo Deads- 594lbs x3x3
RDL’s- 365lbs 4×6
Belt Squats- 4×6
Band Abs- 3×12
Saturday
Pause BP- 445lbs x4x4
Tempo BP- 405lbs- 4×3
Incline BP- 365lbs x4x6
DB OHP- 75lbs x10, 95lbs x8, 125lbs x2x6
Here is week 5 training recap:
Sunday
Back
Monday
Low Bar Squats w/ Wraps- 685lbs for 3 Reps
Sumo Pulls- 505lbs 6×1
Duffalo Pause Squats- 422lbs 3×3
Ab Wheel- 4×10
Wednesday
Close Grip BP- 455lbs x3x3
Larsen Close Grip BP- 335lbs 3×6
JM Press- 4×10
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Friday
Sumo Deads- 625lbs for 5 singles
RDL’s- 425lbs 4×6
Duffalo Bar Squats- 467lbs 4×2
Band Abs- 3×12
Saturday
Pause BP- 462lbs x2x2
Tempo BP- 374lbs- 4×3
DB OHP- 75lbs x10, 95lbs x8, 125lbs x2x6