 Last chance guys Kaizen holiday sale one-year anniversary sale 50% off all our programs use code black Friday 17 at checkout That's 50% off if you guys want to gain muscle gain strength drop fat We have a program for you check it out description below tell a friend and enjoy the video What's up me familia? It's silent Mike with another a gym voiceover Training session if you're into it if you're excited for the voiceover and you like this style of video Be sure to smash the thumbs up right now as many of you know or do not know I was in Los Angeles last week hanging out with the one and only Omar Esau and Barquan My homies Evan and Nadine down at Barbara Brigade We had a very big Project that I have a pleasure to announce and share to you guys here I did announce it on Instagram, but we have teamed up Kaizen training has teamed up with the legendary the honorable Boris Shaco And we're bringing you guys some programs now. They're not available yet Sorry for the teaser, but they should be available in a couple of weeks So stay tuned here and on my Instagram for the announcement When I travel training gets a little iffy. It's not great the week before this at Allen's. I believe I hit around five Five fifteen five oh five for some triples and maybe one set of five So for some reason I threw on a hundred pound plates because I was feeling lazy and I hit A couple triples on this day as well as one set of five at around five forty five You guys can second guess my math because honestly, I have no idea to be honest things felt very slow I think we had already worked a day or two And when we film these projects one, they're very long days and food and my hydration Although I don't make it a priority are also on the back burner for work We're filming for our straight both instructional content And hopefully some entertaining content for the YouTube and sometimes we go literally four five six seven hours straight Without taking a break or doing something as well as sleep is off. So We're up late at night because we need an empty gym to Get some of this higher content or higher quality content More in-depth instructional content. We obviously need a quiet We'll literally film from midnight to four in the morning sometimes so enough of my excuses point is That when I'm on a work trip work takes priority when I'm home or when I you know training If I do take a training trip, which I don't know what that would mean and I haven't done it Then training would be a priority So basically I trained two days in the last seven days And so you guys get to see the heavy sessions as I mentioned I was five forty five And I know I have pull seven oh five But five forty five is fairly heavy right now with one my strength at the moment the amount of volume and frequency I've been training with I don't feel that strong as well as dealing with my back, which is not so happy And what you'll see coming up right here is a four hundred ninety five pound squat for triple the week before this I believe I hit four seventy five or four eighty five at Allen's And to be honest the four ninety five did feel a little bit better my form feels pretty locked in on the squat Besides the fact that my back Just gets very aggravated once I get almost anywhere above three fifteen four or five ish range I Feel like my breathing embracing is good. I feel like my mobility and rehab and prehab a routine is solid I just don't think that My back can take it right now there might be some imbalances leg to leg there may even be some disc issues I do not know I will make a full update and report on my back come in the next video So be sure to subscribe It was fun as always hanging out with Bart and Omar two guys. I am very Inspired by they work very very hard and they're both two of the best content creators I know in their perspective areas both fitness and Comedy for Bart to see them grow to see them have the success. They have as well-deserved and so being around them for a week Even a couple hours for myself. I get very motivated to continue to work So I'm excited to see what's to come We got a couple trips coming up before I can really focus on not only the holidays But also my training I got a couple more seminars and things Traveling the nation coming to the east coast December 2nd to come in hang out give a little seminar at CrossFit solace, New York You can check that out We'll probably be talking bench and squat and hopefully get you guys through a little workout I think it is a smaller group this time. So we'll be able to do get a little bit more one-on-one attention Here's the one and only Omar Esau who's actually smashing freaking weights Both I think he's still under 190 pounds like 185 or something But his squat bench and dead are all going up. He had a recent PR 600 pound deadlift Which is in my mind just the level of strength That means strongly put in some time when someone tells me they pull 400 say that's cool But you know, there's some freaks out there can pull 400 even 500 With absolutely terrible form I pulled 525 pretty dang early in my career as a powerlifter But if someone gets up to the 600 pound range and especially with good form I just know that's a number of my head that people have put in the hours They've put in the time they've had some kind of plan or program in place and for Omar to kind of come back from over a Years worth of back injuries similar to myself Which can be mentally and physically deflating is very impressive on my part or on his part from my perspective I think he benched 365 if not 370 at sub 200 pound body weight And then also I know he's chasing down a little bit over a 500 pound squat recently And his form and his strength is really good the volume he's handling and squats as well beyond what I can handle right now I'm not sure what that weight was maybe 405 415 or excuse me 455 one more thing Just got up to this set of 425 or so for a triple not his best triple again He's having similar conditions to me on this trip not optimal for our strength or our recovery at this time But he still moves pretty dang good and keeps his form really solid. I think after this is my final set There might be some benching didn't go as planned I had been benching three times a week and one of those days I would take kind of a moderate single maybe an RPE 8 or so and Then I would do some back down sets probably some heavier triples Around 305 to 325 depending on how I was feeling on that day and overall bench was feeling okay a little inconsistent I didn't always have a liftoff one. There wouldn't be people in the gym I do prefer a liftoff. I can get a lot tighter and make my back feel a lot better. There's a 495 Hopefully you guys dig it. That's the heaviest. I've been in a while and it felt pretty good until that night My back felt a little jacked up some drop sets here the reps I think a one set of five about 425 or so 435 Felt pretty good and I like how they look my reps all look very similar, but still aggravating my back We'll figure it out. Don't know if it's hurt injured. What the heck's going on But I might have to take some rest and I'll figure out a different route to take on them The bench as I mentioned the bench footage coming up here I think I took 345 for a single about a month ago 365 about a week or two ago about a week ago week ago and then right here I don't know again. He put the miss in here, but I missed 375 I believe it just felt a little heavy in my hands and I rushed it couldn't get past about midway But overall the bench is feeling really solid my body weight's pretty steady between 212 and 215 Try to bring that guy back down I'll date you on that guy soon 375 moving pretty good for some reason the weights and everything are moving really solid But they are not Feeling light in my hands, and I can't really explain how or why that is Talked before in the past on my my adrenal glands might just be busted from getting too fired up and stuff back in the day And that kind of helps sometimes. I think this might be Omar's am wrap He had a PR 295 I believe for seven reps, which is an all-time PR for him. Here's that 345 Actually moves pretty dang good if I do say I'm not so myself But again, it felt heavy in my hands and that's the same thing that was going on the squat and the deadlift I got to figure out what's going on and try to fix it a little mini pause shove it right back up Pretty smooth the miss might be coming here's 375 or so First miss and probably a year. I don't know what happened. Probably just not had it that day It's probably just a little too heavy happy holidays from me I do appreciate you guys truly spend the week with your loved ones and friends appreciate them spread positivity And I'll see you guys next week. I'm out