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This was my last heavy Deadlift session for my meet prep towards GPA Worlds. As stated in the video, I had mistakenly used chalk in our chalk box that some how got baby powder spilled in there. So that’s why I was having issues with my grip. My strength felt spot on for this training session though which reassured me that my peaking is still going in the right direction towards the meet. Up to this point in my meet prep cycle, my grip hasn’t been an issue at all. So I know my grip didn’t just get weak all of a sudden. Just need to be more careful with the chalk I use next time at the gym. I also was out of town for a couple days on Friday and Saturday before this training session and I didn’t get in good meals and protein shakes like I normally do which is why my body weight was down to 298lbs.

I’m currently 5 weeks out from GPA Worlds. For this training session, I had planned to try doing a PR for a double with around 980-990lbs. I decided that I wanted to try more because I was feeling good warming up and went to 1,001lbs instead. On my first set, the first rep felt really good, I tried for a 2nd rep but I just couldn’t get in a good breath between the reps and it caused me to get out of form and round over mid way through it. I was pissed off because I knew I had the strength to do it for a double, I just made a little mistake and got loose for a split second and my form went to shit on the 2nd attempted rep. I rested for about 15 mins after and took the same weight again for another single so that I got in 2 good reps with 1,001lbs. Overall I was still happy with this training session considering I didn’t plan try anywhere near this until the meet. I still have one more heavy squat session left in a couple weeks. My meet prep training will be done in a few weeks and then I will be de loading and resting until the meet.

This was my 3rd heavy Deadlift training session for my meet prep towards GPA Worlds. So far my peaking cycle is going great and I’m actually a head on all of my lifts for where I thought my strength would be at 6 weeks out from the meet. My plan was to pull 400kgs/881lbs for my top set for this workout but I got forward on my first set at the top and wasn’t happy with it, so I decided to do it again. This is by far the strongest my Deadlift has ever felt. I should be good for 900+ come meet day, even at the end of the full meet.

Both of us hit PR’s on our last sets using a narrow grip about an inch or more inside the rings. Awesome bench day!

Everything felt pretty smooth and strong tonight, just switching it up alil bit and doing some narrow grips and reps before my heavy training cycle starting next month.