Liftbigs Training Journal

[flapwrlftr]

You did great young man. Keep up the great work!

 

[Liftbig]

thanks man, I'll see you in November.

 

[Screwball]

Great job, Liftbig! Your numbers are incredible.

 

[Vulgar_Display_Of_Power]

Awesome Liftbig!

Had another question for you or DB-

I fucked up and started my CircaMax Phase 1 week to soon. How can I work it where I peak right. WOuld an extra week of deloading ruin the point of the whole thing, or should I do an extra week of the heavy band tension.

Whats your opinions?

 

[Liftbig]

when is your meet and what have you done already?

 

[Liftbig]

you can do a two week deload if you feel you need too. but i think youll be alright with just a one week. just extend the circa max that extra week, and on that extra week, maybe you just work up to a heavy single and thats it, thats all i do for my last CM workout, not really any work sets. how much did you do for the first week of CM. i assume this is going to be a 4 week CM with a 1 week deload. i think you should cut your sets down to like 4 or 5 tops, the next two weeks. take it kinda easy on ME day, but still train. then when you deload, just do like 6 singles, to make sure your form is right on par. bump for flapwrlifters opinion. hes more exerianced and i am only telling you what has worked for me and what i would do in your shoes.

 

[Vulgar_Display_Of_Power]

Liftbig-

I was planning on 4 weeks Circa, with the 2 week deload.

with that in mind, its STILL going to leave me with an extra week between the 2nd week of deload and my meet(in other words, my meet would be 2 weekends after my 2nd weekend of deload)>>Is that too much of a time lapse?

I did the 1st week of Daves Circa routine off Tmag 285x 5sets of two(47%) plus the blues and pinks. My meet falls on the 27th of next month.

If i could fucking count this problem wouldnt have happened.

Thanks for the input.

 

[Liftbig]

ok so you have 6 squats left, and youve already done one of your heavy weeks.

1 meet
2 deload
3
4
5
6
7
8 285x5x2 blue purple

this is what we have to work with right

 

[Liftbig]

alright, heres what you can do, treat the workout youve already done as not even being part of the circa max. its just a heavier squat day. the next two weeks, use just a blue or green band and do 5 doubles with 305 and then 325 the next week. this gives you three weeks for the CM phase that i would recommend. the 5th week out you can come in and do 305 and the blues and purples, then the next week you can come in and do 325 and the blues and purples, for 4-5 doubles. then the third week you can either do 4-5 doubles with 345, or you can do what i like to do and just work up to a heavy single, this would be more like a ME day, except your not going to do a balls to the wall single and then take another one, you get one in thats a PR, or is slightly hard. then the last week youll do a 1 week deload phase, this is all you really need for a deload imo, its all ive ever done, and when i get to a meet, i have plenty of speed and my opener smokes. for this week just use a green band and like 275-285, and you can do 4 doubles, or you can do somthing like 6 singles. this day is just to move some weights pretty fast, and make sure your form is right. heres what the plan would look like

1 meet
2 deload week 6x1@275 Green
3 work up to single with Blue and Purple or 4-5x2@345 B and P
4 5x2@325 Blue and Purple
5 5x2@305 Blue and Purple
6 5x2@325 blue
7 5x2@305 blue
8 5x2@285 BP already done.

 

[Liftbig]

SOME MEET OBSERVATIONS

1. i was very very nervous all week and friday morning before i lifted, i threw up a few times during the week, and could not eat or sleep becuase of it, i usually go through this before a meet. friday morning at breakfast i was very irrate and could not get to the meet fast enough, i ordered some oatmeal, eggs and toast, and i could barely eat half of it. but i knew as soon as i got in the warmup room, started to warmup and got the juices flowing, everything would be second nature from then on. it was!

2. i weighed in at 430 pounds, this is at least 10 lbs less than last meet. i took a much different nutritional approach this time around and it paid off, i was lighter, was carrying less bodyfat, and felt alot better.

3. i went 9/9 with room to spare i feel. this tells me my level of gpp was up, and i was in the best lifting shape ive ever been in.

4. i hit the top end total i wanted exactly. 2100 was the total i had in my mind after my meet in april. after every meet i set two goals for my next total. the low end total(the one i have to have)and the high end total(the "if everything goes right" huge fucking total) for this meet, the low end was 2035, and the top end was 2100.

5. overall i had a fantastic weekend, met some great people. and got to see alot of freinds.