Sunday 12th October – Saturday 18th October 2014
4 Weeks to the World’s Week 5 – So, rough as dog Sun/Mon/Tues this week, nothing like a bit of D&V ;-) Felt low all week, and when I met up with the guys Saturday for squats I didn’t do too bad,...
View ArticleSunday 19th October – Saturday 25th October 2014
3 Weeks to the World’s Week 6 – Back to normal now and looking to get as much quality workouts in this week as I can, they will be my last heavy sessions before the meet. Weight is holding nicely at...
View ArticleSunday 26th October – Thursday 6th November 2014 (Meet Prep)
2 Weeks to the World’s Week 7 – Just working on technique and some 60-70% sets. Shoulder playing up again, but not enough time to rehab, just going to have to get through it, doing some light mobility...
View ArticleMy Experience at The World’s 2014
World Powerlifting Federation – World Championships 7th, 8th and 9th November 2014 Entrant: Steve Arnold in the Open 82.5kg Category for Team GB We travelled down to Gatwick overnight Tuesday and...
View ArticleMonday 17th November 2014 – Saturday 29th November 2014
Took a week off after the World’s and have been easing back in since. I’m going to change from conventional squats and deadlifts to wide stance/sumo as recommended by my coach in order to increase...
View ArticleTraining Log December 2014 – 9th February 2015
Been a while! Training going well again, no new injuries and my shoulder seems to be pretty much healed now so started getting my Bench back to previous levels. I spent December practicing wider squats...
View ArticleFirst Meet of 2015 – The BPO Welsh Open Championship
So, water loading worked well again but was much tougher this time as I’ve gained a little weight since the UK’s. Got down to 85kg by the weekend before so then started loading with 2 gallons a day for...
View ArticleFebruary 2015 – 6th March 2015
Took a week off after the Welsh Championships and now started the next 8 weeks training leading to the BPO British. Still trying to train with The Pembrokeshire Powerlifters where I can as I get more...
View ArticlePreparing for the European Championships
Where to start? Well, not long after last post I contracted a kidney stone & infection, needless to say, very painful and it knocked my training for 6. I pretty much couldn’t do anything for a...
View ArticleThe European Championship and the last 6 months ..
Following on from last post, I weighed in at 83.6kg the night before I was due to travel down to Aldershot but I had been water loading so was confident I’d make weight in the morning. Skipped...
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