Iain K's Powerlifting

6 reps? Thats like cardio for you isn't it?

Nice lifting!

Good lifting Ian, all looking solid.

Every university should have a powerlifting club, plenty of lads who would be interested i'm sure.

Too true. Even if they do other sports it's good. I have got rugby, judo and long jumper to train and go to meets. The rugby player is now a powerlifter full stop now!

If I was at Uni proper I'd set up a proper club.

AK- By set 2 of the squats I was blowing! My quads were sore straight after. Now the DOMS are in my hams and glutes. Def creaking today! The 2 hours of shovelling snow at school didn't really help!

Strong work Iain

Every school should DEFFINATLY have a powerlifitng club.. or atleast a "strength training" club

Cheers CF

11/1/09

Squat;
barx10
60x5
100x3
120x3
145x2
165x2
180x2 (miss loaded by 5kg)
185x2
165x2
165x2
165x2

Bench press;
barx15
60x5
75x5
90x2
105x2
105x2
105x2
105x2
105x2
105x2

BNP
barx10
30x10
40x10
50x10 alterante BNP/OHP

Circuit x 2;
Lat + front raise combo x 10
Seated db cleans x 10
Bent over raises x 10
Face pulls x 10

Foam rolling etc

Made a tactical decision today to drop the load down to approx 70%. No doubt I could have done the session at 80% but it would have been at too high a cost. Very beat from sats training and 2hrs of shovelling snow at school today.

Further I am gona stick to 70% for the next 4 weeks (rest of this training block) as my loads on sat's squat/bench session start to kick in.

14/1/10

Deadlift;
70x5
120x2
160x2
180x2
200x1
220x1
240x1
250x2
220x5

Dumbbell row;
45x5
62.5x5
72.5x8

Hammer curls- 10x10x5

Foam rolling


Very nice session today. Was gona cycle back down light (70%ish) but thought there was some gas in this session. Good job to as that's the heavist unequipped deads I've done in the best part of a year! I was actually a bit surprised I pulled rep 2. First was a grind but hit it better on the 2nd rep.... still a grind though.

Just finished with a bit of assistance and jobs done.

Great deads.
When I was at school many moons ago we were the only school in the area to have a set of weights, it's what got me started when I was about 14 at an after school club.

Good sessions, mate. Pleased to see you've got back that ground on your DLs.

How do you find the rolling, not seen that you do this before I don't think. How long do you do?

I do bout 5mins work mostly on my back. Been doing it for about a month regular now.

16.1.10

Bench press;
barx15
60x5
75x5
90x3
105x2
115x1
127.5x5
127.5x4 (missed 5th)
127.5x3
127.5x2
127.5x1

Squat;
barx5
60x5
105x5
135x3
155x2
175x2
195x5 (pb, but cut last 2 reps.. hands spaced wider than normal)
195x5 (..hands back in smoked it!)
195x4
195x3

Leg curl- 10x3
Roman sit up- 20x1, 5x15x1, 10x10x1

Foam rolling

Good session today.

Benching was solid. One of those sessions were warms ups felt great but lost a bit of tightness and tech on the working sets. Would have liked another set of 5 but good all the same. Only 2.5kg of my 5RM.

Squating was good. I tried having my hands out wider (as I used to squat), but on my first top set I lost power out of the hole. Hence why I probably cut the last 2 reps. Moved my hands back in and demolished the 2nd set of 5. All nice depth and powerfull. Either way 195 is a new 5 pb!

Vids to follow

Very solid workout mate.

Cheer pal



Sorry for the Gangsta look, but the gym was cold, dank, and with my tooth ache I needed some extra warmth to begin with.

Thankfully I got some good music on soon after this vid was taken

Shame I didn't vid set 2. It was deeper and faster!

Cool vids Iain. Do you set up like that on the bench on all sets?

Great vids mate, I was wondering about your bench setup as well.

Very tidy work mate. I set up very similarly and I do it for every set. Including the bar. Each one is good practise I figure.

Awesome squat for 5 Kenders

I've started trying to set myself up for each bench set too (albeit not as PL strict as yours), although half the people i ask for a spot don't move back. One day i'm going to get a face full of ballbag

Yes, every set on as bench I set as per above. Whether that's with just the bar, board work or equipped work.

Sorry for the Gangsta look,

If it makes you feel better, you look so incredibly non-gangsta it's almost impressive

Nice sesh Iain; loving the vids lately

lol Cheers pal. Good old dig camera for xmass! :)