End of Gladiator

I wrapped up Gladiator today about 2.5 weeks short of completion. I haven't had a lot of motivation to complete the workouts as prescribed because I haven't been training with anyone and since I fell off a bit I opted to call it a day on the program.

Plain and simple I loved the program. Johnny Pain knows what he's doing and it will reflect how I train in the future absolutely. The other main reason I opted to stop was because I wanted to start training in a more powerlifting manner so that I can have the most success at my first meet. I will be doing this meet on March 23 in Rhode Island. I will be competing in all three lifts and signing up for it as soon as I get some cash in a few weeks from the holidays.

I'm going to finish out the year running a cycle of 5/3/1 so I can kind of go on auto pilot with training because I have a high volume of school work over the next few weeks, the most I've ever had in fact.

Come 2013 I'm still trying to decide where I want to go. The first 4 months will be dedicated to powerlifting. I am going to attempt to break the deadlift record at my age and weight class so at least I have a goal I'm shooting for.

Here was today's training- lots of bodybuilding-ish stuff but that's cool for now. Just want to feel like I'm working hard on each set, and get stronger in the process.

Press
Worked up to 8x140# (PR)

DB Press
3x10x35#

Face Pulls 3x20
50#

EZ Bar Curls
3x10x50#

DB Shrugs 3x10
100# DB's