Brian Hill's Training Log (Team MDBB)

[bigredmachine]

Just stay the course "Little" Buddy. The only PR's that matter are the ones that you hit at the meet!

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 9, Day 3 - Lower Body Assistance

Tuesday - January 11, 2011

Box Jumps - Standing, No Step
32" x 6 x 2

4" Elevated Glute-Ham Raises - Mini-band x 6 x 8

Reverse Hypers - 225 x 3 x 12

Knee-Outs - MonsterMini-band x 3 x 12

Circuit:
Lying Leg Raises - BW x 3 x 12
Decline Sit-Ups - PVC x 3 x 12
45* Back Raises - PVC x 3 x 12

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 9, Day 4 - Back and Biceps

Wednesday - January 12, 2011

Wide Grip Pulldowns - 175 x 3 x 8

Chest Supported Row - 100 x 3 x 12

Chuck V Rows - 50 x 3 x 12

E-Z-Bar Curls - 75 x 3 x 8

Hammer Curls - 30 x 3 x 12

Barbell Shrugs - 225 x 3 x 12

Rear Delt Flyes - 10 x 3 x 12

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 8, Day 1 - SQUAT & DEADLIFT

Saturday - January 15, 2011

Deadlift - from the floor, straight weight
145 x 1 x 5
235 x 1 x 5
Added Belt
325 x 1 x 3
Added Briefs (Custom INZER Predators)
415 x 1 x 1
Added Suit, Straps DOWN (Size 52 METAL IPF V-Squatter)
505 x 1 x 1
Straps UP
565 x 1 x 1
610 x 1 x 1


Well... Today was our charity PullFest we were holding to raise money for CancerFITT. The event turned out to be a complete failure unfortunately. I am very sorry to Jazz. We did our best and that's all we could do. I want to personally invite all the lifters that agreed to come lift at the event that didn't show up to KISS MY ASS! It kind of shows your true colors... I was supposed to be helping at the event and not lifting, but when we had over 15 spectators and and only 2 lifters, me and Tony decided to jump in and lift too. It turned out pretty fun. But it was no where what it should have been.

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 8, Day 2 - BENCH PRESS

Saturday - January 16, 2011

Bench Press - w/ Mini-bands
45 x 3 x 5
95 x 3 x 3
115 x 3 x 3
135 x 3 x 3
155 x 3 x 3
Added Shirt (Custom 2-ply TITAN Super Katana)
315 x 1 x 3 ~ 3-Board
365 x 1 x 3 ~ 3-Board
405 x 1 x 1 ~ 3-Board

Standing Military Press - 95 x 8, 105 x 8, 115 x 8, 125 x 6, 135 x 4

Dumbell Side Raises - 30 x 3 x 12

E-Z-Bar Overhead Extensions - 75 x 3 x 12

FAT Bar Pushdowns - 35 x 3 x 15-20

[bigredmachine]

Brian I hear you about those people not showing up. It seems like alot of powerlifters can be really shady people at times. And I really feel for you guys and Jazz for taking all that time preparing for this thing and those people not showing up. However, I do know who is going to show up in March at Brute Strength Gym in Norfork, Virginia and that's Team Mud Duck....Gangsta!

[jesse]

Bro, sorry to hear about the fund raiser. Dont give up though, selfless service trumps pr's everytime.

[Brian Hill]

Scott,

Indeed we are. You better call them and tell them to borrow some more plates because the highest squat this year wont be 755. haha!

Jesse,

Thanks man. We met a lady named Bobbi, who is one of the recipients of the scholarship we were trying to raise money for. She was in awe over how "strong" we were. I would have agreed with her until she told me about being RE-diagnosed with cancer less than 2 months ago and she didn't think she would have the strength to beat it again if it weren't for the CancerFITT program giving her exercise and fitness goals to look forward to each day. Kinda makes bombing out and missing lifts and everything else we stress about seem a lot less important and makes me realize how weak some of us "strong" people might be if we were faced with the same battle.

[jesse]

Indeed there is no comparision I'm sure, but the same character your showing by trying to help would be what would allow you to perservere in such trying times. Ill keep my ears open for yall's next fund raiser.

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 8, Day 3 - Lower Body Assistance

Tuesday - January 18, 2011

Box Jumps - sitting on a 14" Box
28" x 6 x 2

45* Back Raises w/ GCB - 115 x 3 x 8

Seated Leg Curls - 100 x 3 x 12

1-Leg Curls - Mini-band x 3 x 12 per leg

Leg Raises on GHR - BW x 3 x 12

Sit-Ups on GHR - Mini-band x 3 x 12

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 8, Day 4 - Back and Biceps

Wednesday - January 19, 2011

Chest Supported Rows - 75 + Mini-band x 3 x 8

Wide DD Pulldowns - 150 x 3 x 12

V-Bar Pulldowns - 100 x 3 x 12

Alternating Dumbell Curls - 40 x 3 x 8

E-Z-Bar Curls - 75 x 3 x failure

Low Cable Shrugs - 100 x 3 x 12

Face Pulls - Doubled Mini-band x 3 x 12

Head Harness - 30 x 3 x failure

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 7, Day 1 - SQUAT & DEADLIFT

Saturday - January 22, 2011

Squat - w/ Suspended Chains 2-3" above parallel (Link 20)
145 x 2 x 5
235 x 2 x 3
Added Belt
325 x 1 x 1
Added Suit, Straps DOWN (INZER Leviathan)
415 x 1 x 1
505 x 1 x 1
Straps UP, Added Knee Wraps (METAL All Black Wraps)
595 x 1 x 1
645 x 1 x 1
685 x 1 x 1
505 x 1 x 5

Deadlift - from 4" Blocks
135 x 2 x 5
225 x 2 x 3
315 x 1 x 1
Added Belt
405 x 1 x 1
495 x 1 x 1
Added Suit, Straps UP (METAL IPF V-Squatter)
545 x 1 x 1
585 x 1 x 1
635 x 1 x MISS

Reverse Hypers - 225 x 1 x 15

Leg Raises on GHR - BW x 1 x 15

The goal for today was to get a feel for my Squat suit and figure out where to place the bar with the straps up to get used to how that feels before I take my OPENER in 2 weeks. Even though I worked up to a Max Effort single on the Chain Squats, my last attempt from today is still much lighter than I'll be opening with. Also, I wanted to get a feel for using knee wraps again. I didn't use knee wraps at all for the last training cycle so at the meet I just used knee sleeves, but I'm trying to bring the wraps back this time around. After the squats I was exhausted and I didn't do anything impressive on the Deadlift. I followed up with just enough assistance to say I did some and went home. It's getting closer!

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 7, Day 2 - BENCH PRESS

Saturday - January 22, 2011

Bench Press - w/ straight weight
45 x 2 x 5
95 x 2 x 5
135 x 2 x 3
185 x 1 x 3
225 x 1 x 1
250 x 1 x 1
275 x 1 x 1 ~ 1-Board
Added Shirt (Custom 2-ply TITAN Super Katana)
425 x 1 x 1 ~ 3-Board
455 x 1 x 1 ~ 2-Board
475 x 1 x MISS ~ 1-Board
After missing 475 off a 1-Board I was extremely pissed and disappointed with myself. I feel like I've been getting weaker and weaker each week on the Bench. Tony helped me out alot with reminding me about some technical things I used to do in the shirt that I haven't been doing at all lately. So we played around with it and I came back to smoke 475 and 500 off the 3-Board and both reps were VERY hard to get down that far. So I need to play around with this again by setting the shirt like this every week and trying to feel the heavy weight in my hands.

Dumbell Shoulder Press - 30 x 8, 40 x 8, 50 x 8, 60 x 6

Dumbell Side Raises - 30 x 3 x 12

Dumbell Extensions - 30 x 8, 40 x 8, 50 x 8

FAT Bar Pushdowns - 35 x 3 x 15-20

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 7, Day 3 - Lower Body Assistance

Tuesday - January 25, 2011

Box Jumps - standing, No Step
34" x 6 x 2

4" Elevated Glute-Ham Raises - BW x 4 x 12

45* Back Raises - Monster Mini-band x 4 x 12

1-Leg Reverse Hypers - 135 x 4 x 12 per leg

Sit-Ups on GHR - BW x 4 x 12

Leg Raises on GHR - BW x 4 x 12

[Brian Hill]

SPF Brute Strength Gym Shamrock Powerlifting Meet Training

Week 7, Day 4 - Back and Biceps

Wednesday - January 26, 2011

Wide Grip Pulldowns - 150 x 3 x 10

V-Bar Pulldowns - 125 x 3 x 10

Chest Supported Rows - 100 x 3 x 10

Dumbell Rows - 50 x 3 x 15

Alternating Dumbell Curls - 30 x 3 x 10

Low Cable Curls w/ Rope - 25 x 3 x 15

Low Cable Shrugs - 100 x 3 x 15

Rear Delt Flyes - 10 x 3 x 20