A little about me

I have competed in both Olympic Weightlifting and Bench-Only Lifting. I competed in Olympic Lifting as a kid. Best lifts of 255 Olympic Press, 225 Snatch, 255 Clean & Jerk. I met many of the great lifters and coaches from the 60's and 70's. After a 20-year break to serve my country I started lifting regularly again and competing in Bench-Only. Best Lift: 419lbs "equipped".

Feel free to follow along on the adventure...

Steve Denning

8/31/16

8/31/2016

Wednesday Night

Squat Practice:
Bar
135x5
185x5
225x1
275x1
275x1
275x1

Beltless Squat
135x10

Volume Bench Press
Bar
135x10
155x5
225x4
225x4
225x4
225x6

Got a flu bug I guess. Have been feeling
cruddy for a couple days. Just did my two
primary movements tonight. I've also had
some right knee pain since Sunday. Just
a certain angle hurts. Warm-ups went well
until I did free squats and wham, pain again.
I was careful to force my knees out and the
weighted squats were ok if somewhat scary.
All in all this was so much better than taking
a day off.

8/29/16

8/28/2016

Sunday Night

Deadlift Practice
Bar
135x5
185x3
205x1
225x1
255x1
275x1 1st Lift Good
305x1 2nd Lift Good
325x1 3rd Lift Good

Front Squats
Bar
140x3 6 Sets
140x5 Last (7th) Set

Tricep Push-downs w/Tricep Bar
150x25
130+Dbl Mini Band x8
120+Dbl Mini Band x8
110+Dbl Mini Band x8
100+Dbl Mini Band x8

Rolling Extensions
30x22
30x22

8/25/16

8/25/2016

Thursday

Volume Deadlifts
Bar
135x5
185x3
205x1
255x3
255x3
255x3
255x3
255x3

Wide-Grip Bench Press
Bar
95x10
135x10
155x5
205x10

Cable Curls
90x20
100x10
110x8
120x8
120x8

CG Rows
150x30


8/24/2016

Wednesday Night

Squat Practice
Bar
135x5
185x3
225x1
265x1
290x1

Beltless Squats
185x10

Volume Bench Press
Bar
135x10
155x5
225x1
235x3 @8RPE
235x3
235x3
235x3
235x3 @8.5RPE
235x3 @8.5RPE
235x3 @9RPE

Pull-ups
6 Singles

8/22/16

8/21/2016

Sunday Night

Deadlift Practice
135x5
185x3
205x1
265x1 1st Lift Good
285x1 2nd Lift Good
310x1 3rd Lift Good

Front Squats
Bar
140x3 6 Sets

Rope Push-downs
120x20
130x10
130x8
130x8
130x8

Rolling Extension
30x20
30x20

8/20/16

8/20/2016

Saturday

Bench Practice
Bar
135x10
155x5
185x1
225x1
245 1st Lift Good
260 2nd Lift Good
265 3rd Lift Good

Close-Grip Bench
215x7
The 1st 6 reps were paused but I knew
I wasn't going to get the prescribed 8. I
bounced number 7 up and called it quits.

4x5 Volume Squats
Bar
135x5
185x3
225x5
225x5
225x5
225x5

Inverted Bwt Rows
x8
x8
x10


Low energy day. Got 265 and could
have made a 5lbs bump at 10RPE.
Squats were a small bump in volume.

8/19/16

8/19/2016

Current Program

Weekly Undulating Periodization

Sunday-Wednesday-Friday

D1 Hypertrophy
Safety Bar Squats: 12’s, 10’s, 8’s
Dips: 5x10
SLDL: 10’s, 8’s, 6’s
Curls: 30-40 reps
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D2
Deadlift Singles: 4 @ 90%
Volume TnG Bench Press: Start at RPE 8 and repeat sets to RPE 9
Ring Pull-ups
Ab Roller: 2x10
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D3
Squat Singles: 4 @ 90%    
Volume Deadlifts: Start at RPE 8 and repeat sets to RPE 9
Pull-ups
Ab Roller: 2x10
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D4
Bench Press Singles: 4 @90%
Close-grip Paused Bench Press: 5x5 @ 77% e1RM.
Volume Squats: Start at RPE 8 and repeat sets to RPE 9.
Inverted Bodyweight Rows
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Mini Cycle: 4 Training days over 8 calendar days
Meso Cycle: 4 Mini Cycles over 5 weeks.
Cycle One:   x5 Initial Set
Cycle Two:   x4 Initial Set
Cycle Three: x3 Initial Set
Singles Progression: Use 90% of e1RM

Week 5: De-Load

                             








8/18/16

8/18/2016

Thursday Night

4x5 Volume Deadlifts

135x8
185x2
225x5
225x5
225x5
225x5

Wide-Grip Bench Press
145x25
145x20

Close-Grip Pull-Downs
150x20
150+Dbl Mini x15
150+Dbl Mini x15

8/17/2016

Wednesday Night

Squat Practice
Bar
135x5
185x3
225x1
265x1 1st Attempt
285x1 2nd Attempt
300x1 3rd Attempt

4x5+ Volume Bench Press
Bar
135x10
155x5
185x1
220x5
220x5
220x5
220x7

Pull-Ups
1x3
2 Singles
Add Mini Band
4 Singles

Speed on top three squat sets was
pretty good. Bench went ok.
Bwt: 239


8/15/16

8/15/2016

Sunday Night

Deadlift Practice
135x5
185x3
205x1
255x1 (Used Hook Grip to here)
285x1
275x1

Front Squat
Bar
135x3 5 Sets

Tricep V-Bar Push-downs
1x20
1x10
1x8
1x8
1x8

Rolling Extentions
25x20 2 Sets

Not a great day. But moving
forward...

8/12/16

8/11/2016

Deadlifts
135x10
155x10
175x10

Wide-grip Bench Press
Bar
145x25 2 Sets

Seated Machine Rows
6x5


Vacation training at Tillamook YMCA.

8/8/2016

Squats
Bar
135x5
185x10 3 Sets

Bench Press
Bar
135x10
155x5
200x10 2 Sets
185x10

CGBP
135x15


Vacation training at Tillamook YMCA.

8/4/16

8/04/2016

Thursday
De-Load Week

Front Squats
Bar
95x5
135x5
165x4

Volume Deadlifts
135x5
185x3
205x3
225x5

Rope Push-downs
100x8
110x8
120x8
130x8
120x8


8/3/16

08/03/2016

Wednesday Night

De-Load Week
Squat Practice
Bar
135x5
185x2
225x1
265x1
275x1

2x5 Bench Press
Bar
135x10
155x5
185x1
205x5
205x5

Pull-ups
x3
2 Singles