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Description: Today I set a new PR deadlifting 460lbs. for six reps!! I think being upset that I might lose my dog to an ungrateful and neglecting owner really fired me up!! I would move heaven and hell to keep my best friend!!! Competition is July 30th!! I hope you like the video!!

Description: I win my first 100% Natural Meet with a total of 1235!!! Next meet in Novemeber!! I can't wait :)

Description: My new video of me Squatting 480lbs. today!!!! Please watch!!! I have been banned from adding videos to Facebook, because I tried adding music in my uploads?!? I seriously do not agree with that decision. For now on all my vids will be uploaded on Youtube :)

Description: I set a new PR today squatting 315x20!!! Let me know what you think of the video :)) My competition is only a month away!!!

Description: No extra reps on the 4th set today!! Physically I felt and still feel great, but I hit a wall. The most I've every done with 9 reps and 4 sets is 350lbs. so this was HUGE for me today!! Wednesday will be 5x7x380 and I'm going to aim for a nice set of 10 on my 5th set!! =)

Description: Smolov MADNESS with 405lbs.

Description: Today couldnt have been anymore EPIC!!!! I squatted 385lbs. for sets of 7 like nothing and my training partner sumo deadlifted 2x3x600, which is a rep PR for him!!! EPICNESS

Description: SMOLOV 405 SQUAT MADNESS!!! I have nothing else to say!

Description: How many reps can you squat 440lbs!!! The Final Day of BASE-MESO SMOLOV!!! I will retest this Saturday! Lifting my attempts in this order: 475/520/540

Description: Just missed a 15lbs. squat PR. Like I mentioned in the video this could be due to many variables. I really pushed myself hard during the 3 weeks on Smolov Base-Meso and I may have over-reached a little too much. Either way, I achieved a 14lbs. deadlift PR and that felt solid! I'm going to do 2 weeks of speed work on squat and switch over to Smolov Intense Phase! I have an incredible amount of belief that Smolov has made me an overall better powerlifter then before I made this journey 4 weeks ago!

Description: A fun day for me in the gym. I'm deloading over for Smolov High-Intensity Phase. Today was Seneca's first day of Stronglifts 5x5 (Advanced) and the weight on the bar is going to steadily increase fast on this regimen so he is going to need a ton of motivation to persevere and keep doing awesome things!! Feel free to like, subscribe, and share this video with all your friends! Me and Seneca are looking to inspire the masses!! =)

Description: Low RPE (rate of perceived exertion) Day. I'm still deloading for Smolov High Intensity Phase set to start in a week and a half. I did squat today: 6x3x265. I'm starting to feel better as the effects/stress of Smolov Base-Meso are wearing off.

Description: Today was deload day #4 and it was the first day in over two weeks where I felt somewhat like my normal-self again! Smolov Base-Meso is just purely brutal and my hat goes off to any intermediate or advanced lifter who has performed it in such a way where they have taken both their body and mind to a place that very few athletes ever travel to. It is definitely purposeful overtraining and one needs to be sound both mentally and physically to successfully complete it. My bench press felt horrible today. You can't have everything feel great all the time I guess. Also, my training partner Seneca killed it on the Squat today. Merry Xmas Everyone and thanks for watching! =)

Description: Me, Caes Sarnella, Ed Sarnella, and Seneca Sarnella out shooting guns at the range today!! It was a BLAST!!! =)

Description: Nice deload day #5. I felt good and wanted to keep the overall volume very light, but try and set a new PR for myself and picked a number, 410lbs., that seemed reasonable enough not to kill me! It's a big PR for me so I'm stoked about it!! Seneca's bench press looked Solid today and he would have had 10 full repetitions on set #7, but his right trap floated and he hit the barbell hooks on the way up! Overall, awesome day for the both of us!! Please don't forget to subscribe, like, and share with your friends! =)

Description: Bench Press 317.5lbs. MADNESS!!! =)

Description: We had a guest lifter today!! =) Today was my final deload day. I did some low volume squats, mixed with some speed work. Seneca had a pretty big day on the squat working up to 455x5 and a huge day on the bench press 10x3x337.5

Description: Today was day #1 in a 3 week progression for me on the bench. I did do a set of 10 with 282.5lbs. on my 5th set and as you can tell by the video I was pretty dizzy afterwards. Besides being dizzy on the last set I really enjoyed how my first day of bench pressing went today. Seneca, my training partner, did a total of 46 repetitions on the bench press with 297.5lbs. and higher. Seneca successfully completed 10 repetitions with 304lbs. on his 7th set!

Description: Smolov High-Intensity Phase Day #1 for me and Seneca's Day 1 of his heaviest week on his 4 week progression on Stronglifts 5x5 (Advanced). Today was definitely an intense day for both of us. I am having to upload the bench press footage separately because if I didn't the video would have gone well over 10 minutes! Subscribe, like, and share!

Description: Today was probably one of the best lifting sessions I've ever had!! In my warm-up I added a 5 minute pressure breathing exercise and after I did that I felt ready to kill it and I did just that!! Squat: 1x3x290, 1x3x335, 1x4x387.5, 3x3x432.5, 2x5x417 Bench: 4x4x297.5, 1x6x302.5

Description: Today was Smolov High-Intensity Phase Day #3. Both me and Seneca were sick as dogs and yet still persevered to put up some heavyish type weight. I did beltless squats with 405lbs. for reps and Seneca worked up to a set of 5 with 485lbs.

Description: Today was my doubles day. I was supposed to do 8x2x327.5, but since I had a really bad cold and was spent from doing squats I decided to do only 4 sets and move onto a few sets of military presses. Seneca was supposed to bench 8x4x337.5lbs. but since he too was sick he decided to call it good at 6 sets and he also was pretty spent from squatting heavyish today!!

Description: AWESOME, AWESOME DAY FOR TEAM RAW POWER!!! Me, Seneca, and Seneca's 9y/o daughter, Airlaya, all set MASSIVE PRs today!! I squatted: 1x3x440, 1x3x445, 1x4x450, 1x5x422.5, 1x5x425; Seneca Squatted an enormous 4x5x500; 1x4x500; and 9y/o Airlaya deadlifted 105lbs. like it was nothing!!! You have to love days like this!! Below is exactly what I lifted today: Squat: 1x3x300, 1x3x345, 1x4x397.5, 1x3x440, 1x3x445, 1x4x450, 1x5x422.5, 1x5x425 Bench: 5x5x300

Description: Me and Seneca both finished off an epic day of squatting by bench pressing 300lbs for reps!!! Little Airlaya was the star of this video for sure though!!! She has excellent depth and determination and passion for being only 9 years old!! =)

Description: Sorry everyone, but my camera kept dying today on me. I didn't get to film my first set with 450 or my PR with 510. Needless to say 510lbs. was pretty easy after setting multiple set and rep PRs on the squat so for that I am very pleased. I will probably try an easy single with 520 on Saturday, but I have a lot of work to do on Saturday so I may have to play it safe. We will see come Saturday! Below is what I did today: Squat: 1x3x315, 1x3x365, 1x4x412.5 (w/o a belt PR), 3x3x450 (set & rep PRs), 1x3x475 (big rep PR), 1x1x510 (1RM PR) Bench: up to a set of 4 with 317.5lbs.

Description: Easily set a heavy rep (beltless) PR on the squat today. My plan was to go in work up to a heavy set on the squat w/o a belt and then bench. I felt absolutely amazing this morning! Unfortunately a very small muscle called the "brachialis" was fatigued from yesterday's heavy squat session. This does happen to me every so often after squatting heavy, but usually regains it's normal function in a couple days. Needless to say, even though I could have possibly annihilated multiple squat PRs today because my hips, low back, glutes, and legs felt amazing, it came down to a very small muscle stopping me from doing the one thing I wanted to do today and that was hit my #s on the bench that I didn't hit yesterday. I guess the small things/muscles really do matter!! =)

Description: Today was Smolov High-Intensity, Week 2, Day 3. I could start off by saying that it's because I increased my numbers by about 7% is why I didn't hit all of my reps and sets today, but I'm not going to say that, because that would be a lie. Physically I am more than capable of squatting 5x5x457.5. Where I went wrong was when the program said I was supposed to take 2 full days off, I didn't. I came into the gym and even set a beltless PR on Thursday. Today I tired out so fast that I knew immediately I didn't have enough rest between the heavy days like the program called for. I have learned a very valuable lesson today and I truly believe that what I experienced today will do nothing more than help me grow as a competitive lifter! On a good note I did set a couple PRs in my squat today and am looking to rebound 100% by Monday. I will be squatting 5x5x445 on Monday and I'm looking forward to it!

Description: Today was Smolov High-Intensity Phase, Week 3, Day 1 and Seneca's deload week before he switches over to Stronglifts 5x5 (Advanced) High-Intensity Phase. Overall, I'm very pleased with my lifts today. It did take quite some time to make it through both the squat and bench press and that's the reason for the extra long video today!! Below are the numbers I hit today: Squat: 1x3x410, 4x5x442.5, 1x4x462.5, 1x3x462.5 Bench: 3x5x307.5, 1x5x315, 2x4x315:

Description: I'm not even sure how to describe what happened today in words. I couldn't be more pleased with my performance today. Smolov, which is drawing close to an end now, has been by far the most grueling regimen I have ever done. It has also been challenging both mentally and physically in a way I have never been challenged before.What I am most pleased about, besides doing reps with 500lbs. on the squat, is how far I've come in only 1 year and 9 months as a powerlifter. I believe that soon I will too be squatting and deadlifting over 700lbs. I also believe that since I believe it that it will happen for me. I would love to squat 700lbs at a bw of 230lbs. before moving on to a bigger squat, but I'd be happy with squatting it at a bw of 235lbs as well. My goal this year is to squat 600, bench 425, and deadlift upwards of 650. I'm going to keep on moving forward and putting in the work and in the end I will get out what I have put in!! Below is what I did today: Squat: 1x3x365, 1x1x405, 1x4x432.5 (beltless PR), 1x3x480 (rep PR), 1x2.25x500 (rep PR), 1x1x520 (1RM PR) Bench Press: 1x1x300, 3x3x330, 1x2.25x330, 2x4x280 (feet up), 1x4x290 (feet up) Hammer curls seated: 3x8x35lbs.

Description: Today was Seneca's first day of High-Intensity Stronglifts 5x5 (Advanced). He successfully completed his desired reps and sets with 3x3x515 and this is the first of many more rep and set PR days to come for him. Now I, after engaging in Smolov for nearly 13 weeks, decided that it was time to call it good and move onto something else. My body just can't take much more heavy squatting without a proper deload first. I will deload and attempt to squat 530lbs. on Saturday and Deadlift around 585lbs. My new regimen will be Smolov Jr. for my bench press and that begins next Monday. I hope everyone enjoys the video and if you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment below and I will answer them as fast as I can! =)

Description: Today was definitely a much better day overall than Monday's lifting session. It wasn't humid at all today in the gym and I felt like my breathing exercise that I perform periodically before I squat really helped me get the oxygen necessary inside of my body in order to squat the loads. People tend to forget that squatting in and of itself is a breathing exercise! If you can't learn how to breathe deep and properly you will more than likely be unable to make very good progress in this movement. Below are my numbers for today. (I did make slight increases in my weight moved, because I was feeling good and wanted to achieve a more efficient "training effect") =) Squat: 5x5x380, 2x5x390 (beltless) Bench Press: 4x5x302.5, 3x5x307.5

Description: Possibly the strongest benching day in my lifting career and definitely Seneca's best benching day in over a year!!!

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Description: I guess I can begin by saying that Seneca had an excellent beginning to week #2 of Smolov Jr. on the Squat! I, on the otherhand, have a swollen right ankle and traps that wouldn't stop being pissed off at me. I'm guessing from the 3-4x a week squatting over the past 3 months they finally decided they've had enough. So, I corrected this problem at first by using the Manta Ray, but as comfortable as it may be to squat with that thing it makes the squat much much more challenging. It places the barbell at an ultra-high squat bar position and balance becomes key to successfully completing the lift. So, next I tried a lower-bar position and MONEY!!! I am going to try squatting like this for a while, but my traps felt a ton of relief and even though the bar is low I am still able to bury the squat!!! Hoping for an even better day on Wednesday.. Building Confidence!!