Perrin Aybara's Journey to an Elite Powerlifting Total

[Perrin Aybara]

Everything moved fast today. Can't believe how well bench is moving lately.



Set 2 of 335x2

 

[Silentlemon1011]

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Everything moved fast today. Can't believe how well bench is moving lately.



Set 2 of 335x2

That looked like it went up nice and easy .

Nice

 

[Perrin Aybara]

That looked like it went up nice and easy .

Nice

For just a cruise dose and minor extras I can't believe how well bench is feeling lately. If this keeps up I might hit mid 400's next blast.

 

[Silentlemon1011]

For just a cruise dose and minor extras I can't believe how well bench is feeling lately. If this keeps up I might hit mid 400's next blast.

Hitting mid 400s at your BW would definitely turn some heads at a meet.
That's for sure.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Hitting mid 400s at your BW would definitely turn some heads at a meet.
That's for sure.

I still need to hit 2x bodyweight too. I've been really close before and never managed it. 420lbs at 210lbs or 440lbs at 220lbs would be nice.

 

[MindlessWork]

I still need to hit 2x bodyweight too. I've been really close before and never managed it. 420lbs at 210lbs or 440lbs at 220lbs would be nice.

Not mention to turn the heads of those jokers you see at the gyms you go to lol. Watch them pick their jaws up off the floor after you do a monster bench set lmao!

 

[MindlessWork]

Nice and easy lift....you could have sworn it must have felt like a mere 135lbs haha.

 

[NovaFlex]

Shit man, you’ll be pressing 5 plates in a couple years.

I think my next blast is gonna be focused primarily on bench. Maintaining / growing the others is easy

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Shit man, you’ll be pressing 5 plates in a couple years.

I think my next blast is gonna be focused primarily on bench. Maintaining / growing the others is easy

Bench and deadlift have always been easier for me with squat always being the struggle. Weird because I think my squat form is better than my bench form.

 

[Worf]

Everyone has their lift. I’ve always been a squat and deadlift guy. My bench hasn’t ever been great and now that I do everything paused with my ass down it’s total garbage

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Everyone has their lift. I’ve always been a squat and deadlift guy. My bench hasn’t ever been great and now that I do everything paused with my ass down it’s total garbage

It's weird because it seems like what would make me good at deadlift would make me suck at bench.

 

[Brandaddy]

Bench and deadlift have always been easier for me with squat always being the struggle. Weird because I think my squat form is better than my bench form.

Squat used to be my worst lift. I hit three plates on the bench before squat. Lol. If I keep hitting it hard though it'll probably be my best lift before too long.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Squat used to be my worst lift. I hit three plates on the bench before squat. Lol. If I keep hitting it hard though it'll probably be my best lift before too long.

Yeah, when I first benched 315lbs and 325lbs (same day) and deadlifted 500+ (505lbs) I think my squat was still like 330lb.

 

[NovaFlex]

Bench and deadlift have always been easier for me with squat always being the struggle. Weird because I think my squat form is better than my bench form.

Squat and DL have been my easiest. Like, I know for sure I’ll have a 600+ squat and a 700+ pull. I don’t doubt that...BUT I’ll have to work my ass off to get a 405 bench.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Everything was pretty easy. I will say conventional block pulls feel really awkward. Just don't seem to get a good back angle like with sumo block pulls. Looking at my videos my back angle on the deficits was about the same as from blocks.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Also started back on berberine today. My fasted blood glucose was 94 this morning and has been creeping up lately. I'd like to finish out this Sheiko routine on MK until I test maxes in like six weeks. Then dropping it.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

More easy stuff today. The 340x4x4 at the end moved especially fast.

Another couple goals I wanted to add in, health related rather than lifting. Get resting heart rate down and get better sleep. I got a Fitbit a few months ago when I was still doing cardio pretty heavy and my resting pulse was consistently low 60's. When I dropped the cardio it climbed up to mid 70's over the next month and a half. I've been doing HIIT a little on my off days lately and it's started to creep back down. I'd like to get back in the 60's. Gonna continue with the HIIT plus a little steady state after on as many non training days as I can.

On the sleep side assuming thing is accurate I'm averaging about 7 1/2 hours a night, but under an hour of deep sleep. I'm happy with 7-8 hours of total sleep, I'd just like increase that deep sleep number. Been reading and it seems I need about double the deep sleep for recovery purposes. Gonna get a weighted blanket and one of those sleep noise machines.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Woke up sick this morning and after doing those deadlifts it was taking everything I had not to puke. So I finished up the bench and called it a day. Those 1 + 1/2 (x2) deadlift are extremely challenging even with light weight. Part of it might be being sick too though.

 

[Logan44551]

Also started back on berberine today. My fasted blood glucose was 94 this morning and has been creeping up lately. I'd like to finish out this Sheiko routine on MK until I test maxes in like six weeks. Then dropping it.

What monitor and strips do.you use?

 

[Perrin Aybara]

What monitor and strips do.you use?

I got them at Walmart or Kroger. I can't remember the brand name, but I'll check for you when I get home. It was $20-30 for the whole setup.