As far as competing again goes I've decided to put off stepping on the platform until at least late spring/early summer, currently I am scoping out a meet in Ashland hosted by Iron Mafia in June. This will more than likely be a competition I'll be committing to!
Now lets talk about my training style, for the off-season I've decided to add variety to my current template. What I mean by that is my main movement and main accessory movement will be designed to have 3-4 different selections for myself to choose from each training day, and each selection has a detailed percentage and rep range. As far as max effort work goes I'm dialing it back slightly to allow myself to heal up to handle a tough peaking cycle going in to my next competition, consider it a 10/20/life decision!
So a listed version of my goals look like this:
1.) heal up and rehab for a couple of weeks before hitting anything considered "max effort"
2.) Cardio is becoming a staple once again in my training, 3 days a week alternating intensities. I felt so much better when my body was conditioned, and my recovery was incredible in between lifting sets.
3.) Keep my off-season body weight in check, main goal here is 260-265 and to maintain that. The SPF appears to have a 259lb weight class if so that will work very well for myself.
4.) All squat work is without wraps, ill rarely touch a wrap until competition prep begins.
5.) Bring up my hip strength, so I'll be pulling sumo some along with a variety of other exercises to strengthen my hips.
Lifting goals look like this for the off-season:
Squat 500 x 6-8 reps
Bench 315 x 10-12 and 405 x 3
Deadlift 455 x 8-10 and 500 x 6
Off-season work begins Monday, looking forward to having some fun with my training!!!
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