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This was my first week back in knee wraps in about 10 weeks. Took it easy with the wraps and didn’t go too tight with them because I knew it would throw me off if I wrapped them like I used to before. Definitely could have wrapped my knees much tighter, but the rebound still felt good. Very happy with this training session considering how much time I took off from the wraps and it being my first week of meet prep training.

Week 1 of my meet prep bench training for UPA Nationals on April 18th.

Decided to do a meet without wraps just for fun. Ended up with a new All-Time World Record Raw Squat without wraps @ 308lbs (415kgs/914.9lbs) and New All-Time World Record Raw total without wraps @ 308lbs and overall highest ever (1,067.5kgs/2,353.4lbs) The old World Record Squat was 390kgs/859lbs and the old World Record total was 999kgs/2,202lbs @ 308lbs. The highest of all time was 2,300lbs no wraps and I beat that on my 2nd and 3rd attempt Deadlifts ending the day with 2,353lbs Raw total.

My best Raw Squat w/ wraps in competition is 440kgs/970lbs. Between my best competition squat with wraps and without wraps is 25kgs (55lbs).

Worked up to 540lbs for a new close grip paused PR. Felt good for a little bit more. My close grip and competition grip are usually around 20-25lbs a part, so I’m anxious to see how my bench is going to go when I switch back to regular grip for meet prep training.

2nd week training heavy without wraps. Just having some fun in the gym. First time ever attempting 900+ without wraps. Felt a lot better than I was expecting. I feel like this heavy training without wraps is going to help out my raw with wraps squat a lot.

*60lb Squat bar, on each side: 2 – 50kg (110lb) plates, 4 – 45lbs plates, 2 – 10lb plates, 1 – 2.5lb plate – 905lbs*