Martin's odyssey to become not as weak.

[martin_mathers]

Floor Press
275x5
285x5x4

Rows
4x12

Tates
4x12

Side Raises
2x15

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Squat
405x3
425x3
445x3
455x3

Deadlift
455x3x5

Lat Pulldowns
4x15

GHR
4x8

Good day. Squats and deads were moving fast.

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Bench
305x8,8,7,7

Rows
4x15

DB OHP
4x12

Lying Kettbell Triceps
4x10

Curls
3x15

My raw strength is already way up from when I was training strictly for my equipped meet. One of the goals for my next equipped cycle will be to maintain my raw strength.

[martin_mathers]

Squat
445x5x5 https://www.instagram.com/p/BebU7uWDY3t/

Pullups
7x5

Split Squats
4x12

Planks
4 sets

Took the day off work and visited Fortis West with my buddy. What a great gym. Jeremy definitely put a lot of time money and effort into it. Crazy thing is I already train at an equally great gym with the exact same equipment. Usually when I visit a new gym I don't have such a good day because I'm not used to the different atmosphere/equipment etc. At Fortis West everything's the same as OG Fortis so I had a great day squatting there.

[martin_mathers]

Floor Press
275x5
285x5
295x5
295x5
295x5

Rows
12,12,12,22

Tates
4x12

Side Raises
3x15

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Squat
405x3
425x3
445x3
455x3

Deadlift
465x3x5

Lat Pulldown
4x15

Leg Curls
4x12

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Bench
315x5x5

Rows
4x12

DB OHP
4x10

Kettlebell triceps
4x10

Curls
3x15

Shoulders felt a bit beat up, not the best day of pressing.

[martin_mathers]

Squat
455x5x5

Leg Press
too many sets of 12

Pullups
6x6

Side Planks
3 sets

Managed to get 8 hours of sleep for once and squats felt amazing.

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Deload Bench
225x5,5,5,5,10

Rows
5x12

Tates
4x12

Side Raises
3x15

Shoulders were feeling beat up on Wednesday's bench, so decided to take a deload on Saturday. Tweaked my right elbow when I was doing tates though.

[martin_mathers]

Squat
405x3
425x3
445x3
465x3

Deadlift
475x3x5 sets

Lat Pulldown
4x15

GHR
4x8

Another good day.

[martin_mathers]

Bench
325x5x5

Rows
4x15

DB OHP
4x12

Curls
3x15

Elbow feeling better, still a bit achy so no tricep work for now.

[martin_mathers]

Squat
465x5x5

SSB Split Squats
5x10

Pullups
6x6

Felt off today but weight still moved fast. Tried doing split squats with the SSB and I liked it.

[martin_mathers]

Floor Press
275x5x6

Rows
5x12

Side Raise
3x15

Elbow still not ready for direct tricep work yet.

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Busy as hell at work lately again.

This week's training:

Monday
Squat 405x3, 425x3, 445x3, 455x3
Deadlift 485x3x4 sets
Accessories

Wednesday
Bench 335x5,5,4,4
Accessories

Friday
Squat
475x3x7 sets
Accessories

Lower back is feeling iffy again, plus I've been having crazy back pumps when I squat/deadlift. Hip shift has been more pronounced in my squats which was pretty much the reason I hurt my back. Will either ramp back down the weights for SQ and DL next week, or start putting on my suit every other weak to keep my back healthy.

[martin_mathers]

Floor Press
275+chains x5x5

Rows
5x12

Kettlebell Triceps
3x20

Side Raise
3x15

Elbow feeling better, slowly putting tricep work back into training.

[martin_mathers]

Squat
405x3
425x3
445x3
455x3
465x3

Deadlift
405x3
425x3
445x3
445x3
445x3

Lat Pulldown
4x15

Leg Curls
4x12

Weights moved well, decided to reset my SQ/DL numbers down a bit to ramp back up again. Lower back still feeling tweaky but things felt much better than last week. Just need to stay healthy until the suit and shirt come back on in April.

[martin_mathers]

Bench
345x4x4
365x1x2

Rows
4x15

DB OHP
4x10

Kettlebell Tricpes
3x15

Curls
3x15

Didn't feel great but the 4x4 at 345 moved better than the last time I did it. I want to build up to a raw PR single at around 420 in the next several weeks. But of course if I don't feel 100% then I won't. Priority for this offseason is to maintain raw strength base and stay healthy to get ready for equipped season.

[martin_mathers]

Squat
405x3
425x3
445x3
465x3
475x3
475x3
475x3
475x3
485x3

Split Squats
4x12

Side Planks
4 sets

Lots of triples, moved super fast.

[martin_mathers]

Floor Press
275+chains x5
285+chains x5x4 sets

Rows
4x12

Triceps
3x20

Side Raises
3x15

[martin_mathers]

Squat
425x3
445x3
465x3
465x3
465x3

Deadlift
455x3
455x3
455x3
475x1
485x1
495x1

Lat Pulldown
4x15

Leg Curls
4x12

Good day, got lots of quality reps in.

[martin_mathers]

Bench
355x3x4 sets

Rows
4x15

DB OHP
4x10

Curls
4x15

[martin_mathers]

Squat
455x3
475x3
485x3x6 sets

Split Squats
4x10

Side Planks
3 sets

[martin_mathers]

Floor Press
275+chains x5
285+chains x5
295+chains x5x2 sets

Rows
5x12

Side Raises
3x15

[martin_mathers]

Squat
425x3
445x3
465x3
475x3
475x3

Deadlift
475x3x3
495x1
505x1
515x1

Lat Pulldowns
4x15

Leg Curls
4x12

Felt good. About 8 weeks from equipped season.

[martin_mathers]

Bench
365x3x2 sets
375x1
385x1

Rows
5x15

DB OHP
4x10

Curls
3x15

Triceps
3x20

Great day of benching. Matched my best triple and did it for two sets. 385 top single moved really fast too. Going to taper and see what I can hit raw in 3 weeks.

CPU Centrals is happening Aug 24-26, so I'm currently 24 weeks out. Then Provincials is 10 weeks after that. Technically I can just do token lifts at both meets and still go to Nationals next year. A few more weeks of raw training then I'll start getting back into my gear.

[martin_mathers]

Squat
455x3
475x3
495x3x5 sets

Split Squats
4x12

Side Planks
3 sets

Lower back has been feeling iffy but squats were surprisingly good.

[martin_mathers]

Floor Press
275+chains x5
285+chains x5
295+chains x5
305+chains x3
315+chains x3

Rows
5x12

Side Raises
3x15

Lifts for the past week: https://www.instagram.com/p/BgJdXaVle9z/

[martin_mathers]

Squat
455x3
475x3
485x3
485x3
485x3

Deadlift
475x1
495x1
515x1
525x1
455x3
465x3

Lat Pulldown
3x15

Leg Curls
3x12

Squat felt great, deadlifts didn't. My pull definitely feels stronger than before the meet back in Dec though.

[martin_mathers]

Bench
375x1
390x1
390x1
390x1
370x2x2

Rows
4x15

DB OHP
4x10

Curls
3x15

Triceps
3x20

Didn't feel 100% but weight moved fast.

[martin_mathers]

Squat
455x3
485x3
505x3x5 sets

Belt Squat
5x12

Side Planks
3 sets

Back was fatigued and squats didn't go so well. Still finished all the sets though. Might start getting in my equipment every other week starting April.