Semi heavy light training session :-)

21 januari 201821 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

Today I did a semi heavy light training session. This gave me the information for the upcoming meet that’s planned within 2 weeks.
Watch the final sets below in the video. Glad that my big friend Brad Gillingham sent me a video of his latest deadlifting session 🙂
This gave me the Ointment to get Manion ;-)….. The squat warm-up went a little bit roughly….. so I had to push myself to hit my final set. Glad I squatted 2x 202,5kg… Besides the normal focus that it requires to train, the biggest challenge for me is to be aware that I have to keep the pressure out of my head…. Therefor I squat, bench press and deadlift with my mouth open…. The habbit is ofcourse to close your mouth, so you can put pressure all over your body…. including your head ! As you can see in the photo of my final IPF Worlds Masters Powerlifting……

After squats I did my deadlifts….. for me that are the easier excersises where I can focus on keeping the pressure off my head….. Bench press is the hardest….. Although deadlifting warm-up felt a little bit stiff….. it is easier for me to push the button “turbo” :lol:….. Final deadliftset was 2x 215kg + chains on each side 🙂 The last two weeks bench press is going better, because my left arm is becoming “stronger” and I was able to finish with 2x120kg…. Coming week I have some recovery work outs on the menu, like always…… light weight baby 🙂

Adding some weights, so I’m getting ready for my final heavy light trainingsession for the Master Classic Powerlifting Nationals…..

19 januari 201819 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

This training felt better than the trainingsession from Wednesday. When I compete for the Master Classic Powerlifting Nationals, I’ll have one heavy light trainingsession left…. Therefore I did the same as Wednesday only with ‘heavier’ weights and less reps…. Just to set myself up for that training …. tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.. Trainingsession took me 45 minutes.

Wobbly squats 2×2 150kg + each side 15kg dumbell
Chain deadlift 2×2 150kg + each side chain + stop after liftoff
Wobbly bench press 2×2 90kg + each side 5kg plates

Wobbly squats, bench press and chain deadlifts….

17 januari 201817 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

Just for fun! I wanted to challenge myself with a “light” weightlifting session. Focus on the stability and the performance of the exercises (technique and speed ofcourse)

Wobbly squats 3×3 90kg + each side 15kg dumbell
Chain deadlift 3×3 140kg + each side chain + stop after liftoff
Wobbly bench press 3×3 70kg + each side 10kg plates

Results MRI scan is good :-)

17 januari 201817 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

Yesterday evening the neurologist called me and informed me about the results of the MRI-scan. My brains and everything around it looks ok.
The part, where the operation has taken place, recovered very well. There is no damage nor are there any blood clots. This is very good news for me 🙂 Coming Mondayafternoon the results of the neuro psychology test will be discussed. Hopefully I’ll get some advice to recover my short memory 🙂 Sleeptest will be (hopefully) within 4 weeks….. After that I have an appointment with the neurologist and he will show me the MRI (and I will get it on CD). Then we will discuss the results of my sleeptest. Maybe they can explain what the reason is that my sleeping routine is so unbalanced. If not how it can be solved….

Tough physical training…..

16 januari 201817 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

Today’s training was tougher than the past few weeks are going…. My mental energy is much better and therefor I do more ‘normal’ things/work. I skipped the siëstas, so my body / muscles get less rest. So in my opinion it makes sence that the training is tougher than the previous weeks. I took a little bit more time, completing this training in 65 rock solid minutes.

Squats 3×3 145kg
Deadlift 3×3 175kg
Bench press 3×3 102,5kg

Lighter weights than planned and pleased with my trainingresults

14 januari 201817 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

Although I trained with lighter weights than planned. I’m very pleased with the results. Most of all the last week I had a big breakthrough with my mental energy. So I’m doing more things (work related) and

therefore I skipped my afternoon sleeping session 🙂 And I’m still feeling much better than the week before, with less physical rest. I also adjusted my foodprogram and wanted to become under the 120kg. Combine this and the results, with less physical energy (real power) and that is ok. Mentally feeling much better gives me a lot of joy. The physical strength will come back in the coming weeks, when my body is used to it. Hopefully the sleeptest will make a next step in my personal health. My midnigth sleep pattern is really worse and feeling so much better is really awesome 🙂 During training I took a bit more time between the sets and thus this training took me 90 minutes. Today I worn my Titan Compression socks, fits really great, click here for more information.

Highest weights today:
Squats 3x175kg
Deadlift 3x210kg
Bench press 2x115kg

light training session and training/coaching Iris on training also equipped :-)

13 januari 201817 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

Just a light training session for myself today. So I had the perfect energy to train/coach Iris on her classic and equipped training 🙂 Tomorrow she will post her blog on cardiopowerlifting.com

Squats 3x150kg pause
Bench press 3x90kg
Deadlift 3x165kg

Tomorrow next round for me 🙂

This is 180kg 😉

NIKE oldskool / vintage weightliftingshoes low and/or hig

12 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

Still searching for these shoes low and/or high… size 9.5US / 43 EUR
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NIKE – THERE IS NO FINISH LINE

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Light session…. set up for up coming light ‘heavy’ session

12 januari 201812 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

This week I felt my energy to do this is much improved and this makes my happier 🙂 Therefor I tyred now… because I have to pay the price to do more… nevertheless this tiredness is much better than I had before…. 🙂 I had stiffnes during the warm-up and it is okay to do less…. Most important that I get ready for my next light ‘heavy’ session which I will do probably on Sunday. See how I feel tomorrow morning to do some light training 🙂 Most important Iris is coming over to train tomorrow. An equipped training session is planned for here… and this will need all the attention. Curious what the next step will bring here in equipped lifting…. Will she be suprised tomorrow ? …… We keep you posted.

Training today:
Squats 3×3 120kg
Deadlift 3×3 150kg
Bench press 3×3 90kg

The new URL/Domain is active :-) www.powerlifter.nl

11 januari 201811 januari 2018 Wim Wamsteeker

The new URL www.powerlifter.nl is active and it forward the athlete blogs of Iris Kensenhuis. 1,5 year ago I meet Iris and Ilrish (here sister) on a Powerlifting work-out I gave at Spartacus Noord-Scharwoude. Unfortunately the Gym is closed after over 35 years. Big Powerlifting legends trained there under the supervision of Henk Keizer. Happy that Henk is still active in the sports as coach of the National team. This was the side step in this blog. After the workshop I stayed in contact with Iris and Ilrish. Since last summer they come over to train at my homegym. During their training I gave advice / suggestions how to improve their powerliftingtechnique. Also adviced them to add some oldskool excersises in their training, when they were training in my homegym. At the end of last year Iris asked me if I want to be here trainer/coach, so she can start a new journey and go to next level as a powerlifter. Because I’m still recovery from aftermath of my operation, I had to think over and over. And I made the decission on my feeling and I’m glad she gave me the opportunity to help/advice here so she can make the steps in here journey. The first is started already. Here first meet will be the Dutch (Equipped) Powerlifting Nationals at the end of februari. Hopefully she will be ready to qualify herself for the European (Equipped) Powerlifting Champions in May 2018. This will be a good step to get prepared for the World (Classic) Powerlifting Championships in June 2018. At the www.powerlifter.nl you can read the blogs from Iris and hope you will enjoy reading the experiences of here journey.