Squat day!
warm up: 5 min. bike Box Squat bar x 5 65kg x 3 85kg x 3 105kg x 2 briefs—> 125kg x 2 145kg x 2 165kg 2 x 2 185kg 2 x 1 195kg 2 x 2 205kg 2 x 1 Sumo pulls against bands 70kg + 40kg band x 3 110kg + 40kg band x Read More »
Archive / Anna McCloskey’s Blog
RSS feed for this sectionPowerlifter from the USA involved in powerlifting for 10 years. Raw and Equipped lifter in 82,5 & 90kg classes. My best squat is Raw- 380lbs; Eq- 585lbs… My best bench Raw- 205lbs; Eq- 320lbs… My best deadlift Raw-480lbs; Eq-475lbs. Currently hold the #14 All Time squat in 82,5kg class.
I’ve been an athlete all my life. I played field hockey and lacrosse for 6 years while in school. I competed in Track and Field for 10 years and went to University for it. I have never quite had the chance to only focus on Powerlifting, so most of my PR’s have been set even when training for other things. I am a runner as well… I like to run distance and sprints, sprints to work explosiveness and distance to calm my nerves and ease my mind I have been lucky enough to get involved in the sport at a young age due to my father also being my coach. Fortunately I have been able to grow and mature in the sport and still have such a long way to go, everyday in the gym I learn something new!
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
Equipped bench
Warm up: bike 5 mins Bench bar x 5 40kg 2 x 5 60kg x 5 70kg x 3 75kg x 3 80kg x 1 85kg x 1 90kg x 1 Shirt–> 100kg + 30kg chain x 2 1bd–> 120 + 30kg chain x 2 130 + 30kg chain 4 x 2 140 + Read More »
Squat in metal jack briefs
warm up: running Squat bar 2 x 5 65kg x 5 85kg x 3 Briefs–> 105kg x 3 125kg x 3 Knee sleeves–> 125kg + 30kg chain x 2 Belt–> 145kg + 30kg chain 6 x 2 155kg +30kg chain x 2 165kg + 30kg chain x 2 (429lbs at top) block pulls (Sumo) 125 Read More »
Equipped squat
warm up: 5 mins bike squat bar 2 x 5 60kg 2 x 4 briefs–> 102kg x 3 125 x 3 belt & sleeves –> 125kg + 40kg chain 8 x 3 165kg X 2 Block pulls: sumo 60kg x 3 100kg x 3 143kg x 3 165 x 2 180 x 2 200 3 Read More »
Bench Day at Bulks!
First day back to training as usual! I had my brother’s wedding over the weekend so I was off keto for a bit, but now back on it full force. RAW Bench (closER grip) bar 2 x 6 40kg 2 x 8 60kg x 4 70kg 2 x 4 75kg 2 x 4 80kg Read More »
3 weeks of training 1x a week…
Yep, you read it right. This past month has been full of me taking advantage of opportunities and working many hours at my job and for the first time ever, powerlifting was put on the back burner. That being said, I tried my best to powerlift on saturdays, and complete all 3 movements in Read More »
2015 GPC Worlds: The Westgate, Las Vegas, Nevada
It started Saturday, September 12, when I weighed in for my first day of competition which was Raw full power. I weighed in at 81kg/179lbs. This was a pretty easy weight cut, using a simple water cut provided by Jack Kottwitz who is a training partner here in Auburn, Alabama. Comp day came and raw Read More »
GPC European Championships 2015
Eastbourne, United Kingdom. Well the week started out pretty good, I weighed in at 81.3kg/178lbs. After weigh ins I ate some food and hydrated as best as I could, then did a little warmup/shakeout. I squatted the bar and 55kgs, just to feel the movement. I messed around with the placement of my brand new Read More »
Bench!
Warm up Bench (against mini bands to 1 board) bar x 5 95 x 5 135 x 4 155 x 2 185 x 2 slingshot–> 225 x 1 245 x 1 275 x 1 Assistants football bar skull crushers + chain x 8 tate press narrow grip pushups kickbacks banded finishers! Conditioning:2 mile run; Read More »
Annnnnddd… I’m back!
Well, its been a rough couple weeks. Since that last meet I had in March, I have been absolutely swamped with work, school, final graduating things, training, I did a meet in April (Women’s Pro Am) AND trying to sort life out for next year. Still haven’t gotten to that last one 😉 Training Read More »
