9/2/14 Max Effort Upper Body

1) 3RM Floor Press – 95/135/155/175/195/205/215/220 2) 5×8 Weighted Wide Grip Pull Ups – 15lbs 3) 4×10 Incline Bench (closed grip) – 135/135/135/135 4×12 Single Arm Bent Over Row – 40/50/50/50 4) 4×20 Bar Dips (BW) 4×20 Chest Supported Reverse Flys 15lbs 5) 4×10 Ab Rollouts 6) 3x45s Side Plank – 45s left then immediately […]

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8/31/15 Max Effort Lower Body

1)  3Rm Safety Bar Parallel box squat Bar- 155/205/225/245/265/285/305 for 2 2)  5×8  Weighted Glute Ham Raises 15 lbs 3) 4×10 Single leg deadlift (10x each leg) 28kg/28/28 4×12 Safety bar good mornings 95/105/105/105 4)  4x200ft Sled Push (100 feet down & 100 feet up) 3/2 plates “25lbs’ 4x100ft walking lunges (50 feet down & […]

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8/28/15 New York Trip

I’ve been in New York for a few days now, I come up every summer and winter to visit my mom’s  family. Both my dads (Italian) and moms (Cuban) family’s come from New York. Today I spent with my dad, we first went to visit my cousin’s gym which is in Stony Point, New York. […]

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8/25/15 Max Effort Upper

1) 1RM Floor Press 235lbs 95/135/155/175/195/215/225/235/240-F 2) 5×5 Incline Close Grip Bench 155 -rest 90 seconds 3)4×8 Weighted Mixed Grip Pull Ups  10lbs -rest 90 seconds 2x Grandfather Closed Grip / 2x Cannon Ball Grip 4)4×25 Banded Lat Pull Red Bands – rest 2:00 between sets 5) 5×10 DB Tate Press 35lbs

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8/20/15 What is Strength

Ill share with you a Free Verse Poem I had to write for my English class last school year, I was inspired by powerlifting and many other things in life.  I found another poem about lifting/ life as a type of model but I couldn’t find it to post along with mine. Strength What is strength? […]

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