Lexen Xtreme Training Tips

Squat

Week 2 of circa max phase for the guys doing the meet.  I’ll keep this pretty basic, since most everyone worked up to a max single with bands in their suits.

Group 1: Chewy, Johnston, Schwab, Dague were the outcasts over on the red monolift since we’re waiting until the April meet
Box squats using the buffalo bar and chains
Doubles for 4 sets at 405 + 250 in chains
Doubles for 3 sets at 495 + 250 in chains

Group 2: Meyers, Mike Brown, Mike Roush
Roush is only guy in this group doing this meet, but they all went with 2 sets of blue bands.  We didn’t get much video of these guys, but they all took singles in their suits.  Roush finished at 5 plates + the bands, which puts him on a nice pace for an 800+ squat on meet day.

Group 3:  Gretsky, Gualtieri, Strong
All 3 doing the meet, used a blue and a purple, around 300-320 at the top for these shorter guys.  Missed what Gretsky finished with.
Gualtieri hit a strong 495 + 300 in bands

Strong hit 605 +300 in bands

Group 4: Wenning and Vogelpohl
And in the main event, these guys chasing world records didn’t disappoint and finished this training cycle with strong performances, using 2 pairs of blues and a pair of greens

Wenning finished with 605 lbs in bar weight + 600 lbs in band tension at his height.

Vogelpohl took 695 lbs in bar weight + 550 lbs in band tension at his height, in briefs and his super suit slippers, and handled this with no problem

Chuck then added his suit and took 785 lbs in bar weight + 550 in band tension.  Wasn’t the cleanest of lifts, but he stood up with it without help.

Most everyone pulled heavy last week, so they finished with some light accessory work.

Wenning took a slightly different schedule and pulled to a max this week with plates raised on 4 pads, worked up to 825.

Jeremiah Meyers, who is not doing this meet but enjoys lifting more weight from the floor than anyone currently in the gym in between sips of Wild Turkey, pulled 865 with this same setup.