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Competition Prep - Bench Session 3

My appetite wasn't so great this morning so had to haul most of my breakfast around with me today to actually finish it. I usually am carrying around 2 large lunch boxes, a kilo tub of peanut butter, some bananas, and a shaker bottle or 2 every day now in order to consume enough throughout the day. Pacing is key I've found. I started with squatting doubles, I tried to focus on dialing in the form and staying explosive with the belt. I feel like I've grasped how to get air properly and use the belt to it's fullest during the squat now. These all were pretty explosive on the way up and felt good. Benching went well, I had a bit of form breakdown in the third and second to last sets but that was mainly through fatigue, I rested enough to make the last set one of the best technically speaking. I added floor press for assistance to overload my triceps my goal with it would be to hit 105/110 comfortably with it by the end of prep.

Squat -

10@20/8@60/5@100/3@110

(paused) 1@120

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Bench -

15@20/10@60/5@70

6x5@80

Floor Press -

1@80

1@90

1@90

x@100

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Competition Prep - Squat Session 2

The beginning of this week I had struggled to really get enough food in to recover properly just due to being so busy and not having the time to get groceries and prepare meals. I'm back on track now thankfully but the Deadlift session left my lower back pretty sore and my hips got a little tight so I had to deal with that through this session. It all went well though, adding the volume at this weight seems to be going well and I'm not grinding anything out. This was the first time I used the belt for squats so took some getting used to. I benched afterwards and did paused reps with some really explosive force, that felt great.

Squat -

10@20/8@60/5@100/3@110

(paused) 1@120

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Bench -

15@20/8@60/5@70

(paused) 6x2@80

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Competition Prep - Deadlift Session 2

So my belt arrived on Monday and today was the first day I've gotten to use it. With this program I have been doing all my deadlifts with a reset between reps in order to simulate pulling singles and get the practice in. I did the same with the belt today and am just getting a hold of the coordination, it doesn't change the lift too much but just enough to have thrown me a little bit in the beginning. It came together after a couple sets though.

Deadlift -

10@20/5@100/3@120 (1" deficit) 

2@140

6x4@145

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2014 - Vegbulk is back!

Happy New Year!

Over the past months since the last training log I have really neglected things here. It's been a crazy busy time for me. One of the main reasons for not posting has been that I got a new job, I had to really work hard to get up to speed with it and had to change a lot around to fit everything in. In my last work place I could get on a computer to update almost everyday but in my new role that isn't really possible. However, I will find a way to do this.

There will be more content to come this year!

Currently I am training for my first Powerlifting Competition that will be with the BPU (British Powerlifting Union) on Feb 23rd. It's a Regional Qualifier but I'm not expecting to place high as it'll be my first time there. I plan to do full raw (belt, no wraps), I'm currently in the second week of training for that now!

Here's a couple pictures showing my attempts and outlining my program (Extended Russian Power Routine) and food plans.

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The last 2 weeks peaking out of the program shown in the previous video.

Done at around 85kg bodyweight.

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This is a compilation of some of the clips I have gotten during the last ten weeks running a basic linear training program whilst eating an entirely plant based diet. I have two weeks left, peaking into single reps, and testing 1RMs. I will upload the final two weeks in the next compilation.

You can find the details of the exact program here:

http://vegbulk.tumblr.com/post/60836198858/the-plan-basic-12-week-linear-training-model

Thanks for watching and go vegan!

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Press Session 10

Got some good sleep finally and have been non-stop hungry also. Press suddenly got really hard this session. I went from being able to triple 62.5 last week to struggling through 65 for a single. Goes to show the percentage differences. I think I should still be able to hit 70 in the next 2 weeks.

  Press -

15@20/10@30/8@40/5@50/3@55/1@60

3x1@65

Press Reps -

3x5@55

Weighted Pull Ups -

3x3@20

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Deadlift Session 10

My sleep lately has been pretty bad. This morning I woke up super tired but I rocked up to gym with intention. I managed to wake myself up and I ended up pulling fast and strong. I'm particularly proud of what I did today!

Deadlift -

10@60/8@100/5@120/3@140/1@150/1@160

5x1@170

Block Deadlift -

1@180

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Vlog 02 - Clarification, Choice, & Perfectionism

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180kg is the end goal for me to hit with my deadlift so I have been looking at youtube for recent videos of guys getting it without a belt. They are few and far between (with good form atleast) but I found a couple to keep me motivated and thinking out the movement for the time being!

This guy is 73kg and smokes it for a really solid double. His back doesn't budge as well.

I plan to get 170kg this Thursday, 175kg the week after, then I will be going for 180kg the next week. I want to also be able to pull 200kg from the blocks but I don't know if I'll be able to recover from that on top of this work.

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Bench Session 10

Got a little over excited last night producing video for the new youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/vegbulk and uploaded the breakfast video I've been meaning to do for a while and filmed and uploaded the first vlog explaining why I went vegan. I will be producing much more so if you have any subjects or questions you want me to cover about lifting or veganism please feel free to send them to me via the contact on here, youtube comment, or through the facebook page.

I didn't get that much sleep as a result but the bench session went pretty well. I took a rep down from the sets in order to keep my confidence up and avoid grinding too much as I still have another 2 weeks to jump up the weight to hit 100 for singles. I definitely think I will hit that easily though!

1st set the weight drifted up a bit too much out of the hole so concentrated on correcting that and getting the movement fast and in the right groove.

This is the 4th set displaying the improvement in speed and bar path with the practice.

Bench -

15@20/10@60/8@70/5@80/3@85/1@90

5x1@95

Row -

8@60/3x5@80

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Vlog 01 - Why Vegan? 

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1000kcal Vegan Breakfast with +65g Protein! 

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Squat Session 10

I had a pretty bad night of broken sleep and came to gym earlier than normal as a resort. I found it really hard to wake up and get my CNS switched on so took extra long rests between warm ups and the main work. After I finished strength work I just left it there in order to recover. I think I could definitely hit this for 3x2 rather than just singles if I was well rested.

Squat -

10@20/8@60/5@100/3@120/1@130/1@140

3x1@150

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Press Session 9

Not feeling too bad today and went ahead with the session going through the main assistance work as well. I decided I would add 5kg to weighted pull ups and stay at 3x5.

Press - 

15@20/10@30/8@40/5@50/3@55/1@60

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Press Reps -

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Weighted Pull Ups -

3x5@15

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Deadlift Session 9

Again just hitting strength work and calling it quits today. I plan to hit everything up on the press session though as I'm starting to feel better.

Deadlift -

10@60/8@100/5@120/3@140/1@150/1@160

5x1@165

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Bench Session 9

Another session not feeling too great. I've been just trying to eat as many good nutritional foods as I can in order to recover. I just hit main strength work and some reps for assistance today.

Bench -

10@20/8@60/5@70/3@80/1@90

2@60 + chains

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Bench Reps -

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