9-16/3/18 / by Muhammad Amir Ayub

5 week.

I increased the weight for the new cycle. Since the weight increment for my MP is small (1.25 kg per cycle), so far there is no change with the specific weights for this week. Busted my competition belt doing the last set of deadlifts. Even though on video it didn’t appear to affect the lift, the sudden change forced me to adapt to the loss of belt support midlift, and my back muscles definitely felt that 2 days later as DOMS.

Deadlift:

DL - Up to 180 kg x 6
Power clean - 72.5 kg x 3
Pistols - 2 x 10, 1 x 9
Pushup plank with alternating elbow touches, 10 kg on back - 2 x 22, 1 x 20

Bench:
BP - Up to 97.5 kg x 6
TRX Inverted Rows - 5 x 10
Standing DB Press - 3 x 10, 2 x 9 with 16 kg

Squat:
Squat - Up to 127.5 kg x 6
SLDL - 2 x 15, 1 x 14 with 20 kg
Pallof press - 2 x 10, 1 x 11 x 33 lb
Face pulls - 4 x 10, 2 x 11 x 33 lg

Military Press:
MP - Up to 60 kg x 6
Pullups - 7 x 6, 3 x 5
Pushups with 10 kg plate on butt - 3 x 11

Looking good. But I need to buy a new belt. As I’ve alluded to in my general blog, I’m planning to buy an IPF-grade belt, but that will set me back a grand. I plan to buy it on wage day.