Planning and Training

Perhaps a bit obsessive, but I now have my lifting plan worked out until November 8 of this year. I have one more week before leaving on vacation for a week and then coming back to a four-month schedule of modifying my lifting. I starting doing far more powerlifting work for the last year-and-a-half and made a lot of progress; increased thickness in back/shoulders and well as improved grip strength. I’m going to work on a more ‘athletic’ type of workout as well and increased cardio work. I’m fairly comfortable with my current size and really don’t want to gain much more in that area. I need to focus on my diet, leanness, mobility and recovery. Most of the plan is based on Eric Cressey’s book.

I’m starting to have shoulder issues in my right side and am trying to avoid surgery. I’m planning to work in more soft-tissue work to aid in recovery. The basic lifts (deadlift, squat) are fantastic and deadlifts in particular really helped me make great gains. I did mostly full-body workouts for most of the time and I’m going to incorporate more of an upper/lower-body split. After the four months, I’m planning on going back to focusing on powerlifting for the winter. I may need to find a new gym at that point. I’ve already outgrown the dumbbells at the current place, and I’d like to find somewhere more conducive to working on olympic lifts.

I really enjoy lifting and can’t imagine not going to the gym. My overall stress is much lower when lifting and my general heath (aside from the shoulder surgery) seems much better. The last thought I think nearly every night is what my workout is going to be the next morning. Getting up at 4:30 am and being exciting about the day means I must be doing something right for myself.

July 4, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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