No video from the the training day part of Louie's seminar, as the plan for the day as scheduled broke down rather quickly. It was supposed to be: 8:30am - Mark Bell's SuperTraining team was to do speed bench and the rest of the group would watch and listen as Louie broke their training down, then we would be allowed to break out the video cameras and have Louie coach our big 3 lifts. It ended up going something like this:
8:30am - Mark and his guys start speed bench with bands
8:33am - Somebody puts a safety squat bar on a monolift and starts trying box squats
8:34am - 2 other people join the guy on the monolift
8:36am - Another person starts working speed deadlifts on the platform
8:36am again - A group starts speed squats with chains on the second monolift
8:37 - I joined the group with the safety squat bar, added the EFS blue foam pad to the box
By this point it was pretty much complete chaos. Shit is dropping everywhere, chalk is flying, people are throwing shit around, pretty much the most amazing thing I have ever experienced. I had never used a safety bar before, let alone on a 12" box with foam (I usually use 14" to hit parallel). We were pretty much the weakest group out of everyone, and Louie spent at least 20 minutes with us. I was going to bow out at 225 since my most recent box squat record is 235, but the guys wouldn't let me, so I ended up getting a relatively decent single with 275 off the foam. Not too hard with Louie right up in your ear the whole time.
I hadn't gone with the intention of doing a full session, but it worked out that way. Didn't log everything, but it went something like this after the squats:
3-4 sets of sumo deadlifts for singles
6 sets of reverse hypers
3 sets of GHR
5 sets of face pulls
5-6 sets of pulldown abs
Good shit. I think I fucked my hip up a little at some point, it's time for some compression shorts or groove briefs I think. I was told at the Saturday seminar that I have "the hip strength of a 9 year old girl, and the hip flexibility of a 90 year old woman." Wow.
On another bright note, I was invited back to Super Training to work with them on the weekends for dynamic work and to use the reverse hyper and GHR. I'm hoping I can make it work with my schedule. They also train Tuesday/Thursday from 4-8, but that's prime time for my training clients so I can't cut out, as much as I would love to. It was a boost of confidence to hear that Louie thinks I could probably hit an elite total within a year and a half.
Anyway, the ST guys took a shitload of pics and video, it's being released on DVD and I'm assuming they'll put some up on YouTube. I also have some pics of Saturday.
Oh, and the two best new exercises I saw on Saturday are without a doubt, walking safety squat good mornings, and sumo-stance, straight leg, arched back deadlifts. Holy fuck on a basket.
