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[Altered Beast]

Still here. Still training. Believe it or not, I've actually switched gears a bit to a more bodybuilding-esque training. Never thought I'd say that again! I'm still doing the power lifts. I'm actually doing the 5/3/1, hitting the main lifts for the required reps. Once the main work is done, I'm bodybuilding. Call it the 5/3/1 bodybuilding template. And I'm trying to drop a few, mainly as a mental test for me. I haven't done any ''real'' dieting in a few years, aside from cleaning it up here and there. Now, with a kid in tow and a full work schedule, why not add extra stressors to the list and diet? I like to do dumb shit, haha. We will see what happens. I've also joined a "globo-gym" that is about 2 miles from my house. Can't really do any legit PL'ing stuff there, but in a pinch, I can easily get in there for a solid BB type workout. Worse case scenario I do manage the minimal reps with the bench, squat or dead. Just truckin'.

Funny how your career, family and life in general interferes with training =) it's supposed to be a stress reliever, right?? LOL!!!!!!

[MRmichael.hooker]

Hey man, question for ya. I know in the past you've used the slingshot for bench training and was curious if you liked it and thought it actually benefited your bench? Obviously with the goal being powerlifting.

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Funny how your career, family and life in general interferes with training =) it's supposed to be a stress reliever, right?? LOL!!!!!!

Yup! Still a good stress reliever. It's just doesn't take priority at this point. And that's how I want it. I'm still training hard. But it's not "my life".

Hey man, question for ya. I know in the past you've used the slingshot for bench training and was curious if you liked it and thought it actually benefited your bench? Obviously with the goal being powerlifting.

Yup. I've used it plenty of times. I think they say it looses it's "pop", after 6-12 months and you need a new one. But I've had the same one for like 8 years haha. It's great for overload work. I generally only use it prior to a meet, throwing on 100-110% of my 1RM for sets of singles to mentally prepare for the heavy weight. For that purpose, it's great.

[MRmichael.hooker]

Yup. I've used it plenty of times. I think they say it looses it's "pop", after 6-12 months and you need a new one. But I've had the same one for like 8 years haha. It's great for overload work. I generally only use it prior to a meet, throwing on 100-110% of my 1RM for sets of singles to mentally prepare for the heavy weight. For that purpose, it's great.

Awesome, thanks. I've been looking at different things to add to my training. I go to a great local gym, but it's more of a 'commercial' gym. Definitely not geared towards powerlifting/strongman/athletic training. So I bought my own bands and bought an Ohio power bar for the gym (that I'll take if I ever leave). Figured a sling shot would be something easy enough to throw in my gym bag and could add another tool to my training. A lot easier than carrying around chains or blocks or etc lol.

[Altered Beast]

Yup. I've used it plenty of times. I think they say it looses it's "pop", after 6-12 months and you need a new one. But I've had the same one for like 8 years haha. It's great for overload work. I generally only use it prior to a meet, throwing on 100-110% of my 1RM for sets of singles to mentally prepare for the heavy weight. For that purpose, it's great.

Not sure why I never though to do this! LOL!!!!!!!! Have had Slangers for years and years too...

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Not sure why I never though to do this! LOL!!!!!!!! Have had Slangers for years and years too...

Try it next time. It really helps the mental aspect. Holding a PR weight in your hands and pressing it for a few singles (even with the help of a slingshot) definitely helps prepare me.

[Altered Beast]

Try it next time. It really helps the mental aspect. Holding a PR weight in your hands and pressing it for a few singles (even with the help of a slingshot) definitely helps prepare me.

I will most definitely give this a shot in future training cycles. Thanks!

[MRmichael.hooker]

Try it next time. It really helps the mental aspect. Holding a PR weight in your hands and pressing it for a few singles (even with the help of a slingshot) definitely helps prepare me.

Mine will be delivered tomorrow, which also happens to be bench work. Ready to test her out some

[Aggression]

Training has been pretty consistent. I've been hitting the weights roughly 3x per week. With the little duke, its harder to get there than it used to be. However, my wife is a teacher, so she's been off of work since late June. She bartends two days a week in the summer, so that allows me to hit the gym a bit more. I also signed up to my local globo-gym, which is a mere 2 miles from my house. Sure, I can't rig up banded box squats or a bench press against chains, but I can easily get some legit/straight raw work in. Lately, I've been doing mostly conjugate training. My speed work is straight raw weight, which is OK for now. I still up hit Pure Focus for my "bigger" days. Couple good workouts lately; I hit a 405 beltless squat, which was probably the biggest PR to date, specifically b/c I'm usually a little weary of throwing 405 on the bar WITH a belt, let alone beltless. So that simply means that I'm progressing. Also hit a big block pull, pulling 520 for an easy 5lb PR. Bench is starting to finally move, after a while of being stagnant. I moved my grip out a bit and that tiny adjustment has made my bench press feel that much better. I plan to take small jumps up to an attempted max out soon, just to see where I'm at.

I plan to compete again in November, the RPS Autumn Apocalypse. So I have another month or so of training before I starting prepping/peaking for the meet. Just gonna keep the muscles working and doing my thing for now. And then once peaking starts, its another level of intensity/motivation.

[Altered Beast]

Good to see you still kickin, Troopa! Glad to hear the little one is doing well.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaan! Makin me look bad over here! I need to compete! Will be next year for me, Fall is ALWAYS stupid busy.