Week 3

 TCS Powerlifting

Week 3

Squat Day

Warmup: Slow assisted squats, 3 sets of 10, Good Mornings, 3 sets of 8. Use Barbell or no weight at all. 3 sets of 7 burpees.

ALWAYS BUILD to working weight. Start with bar, and work up with increasing weight and decreasing reps.

Workout

3 sets of squatting 75% of 1 rep max, go 2 reps until failure. This should be around 8 reps per set. Go up in weight if you are making it pat 10 reps with ease, and that set doesn't count.

Accessories

  1. Vertimax Squat Jumps, 4 sets of 20
  2. Leg Curls, 3 sets of 15
  3. Leg Extensions, 3 sets of 15
  4. Leg Press AND calves, 3 sets of 15 each
  5. GHD Hamstrings, 3 sets of 10
  6. Box Jumps, 3 sets of 15 
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Bench Day

Warmup up with band pulls, 2 sets of all 3 directions. Overhead, straight ahead, and straight ahead underhanded. Squeeze your back muscles down each rep. 

Light inclined dumbbell bench press

Light pulldowns


Bench Press: 4 sets of 2-reps-until failure, 75% of estimated 1 rep max. If it is too hard, go down, if it is too easy, go up.

Accessories 

  1. JM Press, 4 sets of 15
  2. Cable Chest Flies, 2 directions, 3 sets of 15 each direction
  3. Pulldowns, 3 sets of 15. 
  4. Tricep Cables (Rope), 3 Sets, do 12 reps Downwards AND Overhead each
  5. Incline Bench, 3 sets of 12 USE SPOTTER
  6. Landmine Rows, 3 Sets of 12

Do not record these cool-down accessories:

  1. Rotator Cuff Twists, 3 sets of 12, NO MORE THAN 5 LBs
  2. Pot Stirs, 3 Sets of 12
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Deadlift Day

Warmup, 3 sets of 21 kettlebell swings. 3 sets of 10 burpees. 3 sets of 10 deep, slow squats (stretch during each squat 

Deadlift. 3 sets of 8. Go light and maintain form, do not do your heaviest set of 8

Accessories 

  1. GHD Hingers, 4 sets of 10
  2. Rope Cable Pull-Throughs, 3 sets of 15
  3. Reverse Hypers, 3 sets of 12 
  4. Straight Leg Deadlifts, 3 sets of 8
  5. Kettlebell Swings, 3 sets of 21
  6. Calves, 3 sets of 20
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Bench Day 2

Warmup up with band pulls, 2 sets of all 3 directions. Overhead, straight ahead, and straight ahead underhanded. Squeeze your back muscles down each rep. 

Light inclined dumbbell bench press

Light pulldowns


Bench Press: 4 sets of 8, 75% of estimated 1 rep max. If it is too hard, go down, if it is too easy, go up.

Accessories 

  1. Diamond Pushups, 3 sets of maximum reps
  2. Cable Chest Flies, 2 directions, 3 sets of 15 each direction
  3. Pulldowns, 3 sets of 15. 
  4. Tricep Cables (Rope), 3 Sets, do 12 reps Downwards AND Overhead each
  5. Incline Bench, 3 sets of 12 USE SPOTTER
  6. Landmine Rows, 3 Sets of 12

Do not record these cool-down accessories:

  1. Rotator Cuff Twists, 3 sets of 12, NO MORE THAN 5 LBs
  2. Pot Stirs, 3 Sets of 12

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