My Training
Goal Achieved!
by craig on Mar.05, 2010, under My Training
Vancouver Personal Trainer Craig Boyd meets hisgoal of a 400 lb deadlift @ 170 lb bw =235% of bw
I blogged a while back about wanting to deadlift 400lbs. It has been a goal for some time. I got serious a couple months ago and started concentrating on my heavy lifting. I researched and found a great program from The Performance Journal at Catalyst Athletics. Quite a simple program you do 3 sets eachrkout (not including warm up). You do 5’s one week, then 3’s one week, then singles one week. Each set you increase the weight with the last set being 5 lbs higher than your previous workout of that rep range. I followed this program 2x a week splitting up squats and deadlifts and bench press and overhead press. I have 6 consecutive weeks of personal bests on every lift and it culminated with this 400lb deadlift that felt pretty easy. Looking forward to some new PB’s coming up. In the mean time I have neglected metabolic conditioning so next goal will come there. I want to break 45 mins for a 10k and the grouse grind this summer. I am adding back in more CrossFit WOD’s and keeping the heavy lifting. Will keep readers posted on progress…..
Craig Boyd is one of Vancouver’s top personal trainers, boot camp, and CrossFit instructors. Check out his websites http://www.precisionathletics.ca/ and http://www.precision-bootcampvancouver.com
Finished First 1/2 Ironman
by craig on May.26, 2009, under My Training
I did my first Half Ironman race on Sunday at Shawnigan Lake http://www.triseries.ca/index.php . A great event and we had an amazing day for it. I definitely was under-trained and noticed that when I went past my longest distances from training on the bike especially, I had a big drop off in performance. Lots of long rides needed if I am to finish Ironman Canada. More to come tomorrow.
