As most of you probably know by now, Eric “LB” Lauterbach accepted a major promotion and new position with Nalley BMW in Decatur. His new commute will keep him on the roads for hours and out of the gym at 6 am. He will not be teaching in the mornings but we still expect him training hard at night once he gets settled into a routine. LB has been with us since before there was an us. He was a student of Mario’s at Atlanta Krav Maga years ago and helped open our original location on the Square. He will be greatly missed as a regular instructor. But we suspect he’ll impart his fitness wisdom anytime he’s in the gym. Best of luck, LB!

All this week: German Volume Training Cycle Testing

Day 2 of testing means some of you will still need to squat while others will be testing their bench press.  Please assemble by the whiteboard immediately after the warmup and pay attention to the instructions of the coaches.  We will need to setup the platforms to maximize efficiency with multiple lifts going on.

Choose your target weight carefully. Lower body lifts can make bigger jumps than upper body ones– your squat might be 25# heavier than in week six, but your bench could only be 10# more. As you work up to your max effort set, don’t waste energy doing too many warmup sets/reps. Three, maybe four sets of 2-3 reps, up to the same weight you finished the last week of the program with, and you should be ready for the heavy set of 10.  

As a reminder:

Only Level 2 and higher should be testing, unless you just moved up a level during this cycle.

The instructor must witness/judge every max attempt. Your score will not be valid otherwise.

The goal is to establish 10 rep max squat, bench, and deadlift which will be used to determine your starting weight for the next training cycle.
Ideally you should test only 1 lift per training session, in this order: squat, bench, deadlift.
These lifts should be tested on 3 NON-CONSECUTIVE days with active recovery* days in between.
There will be NO CONDITIONING all week.
You will be tested by USAPL and MVMNT standards.
Demonstrate proper set up and hit all the technical points of performance on every rep.
Un-rack and rack weight correctly.
Maintain focus.
Utilize spotters correctly.
Squat to depth.
Control the bar on the bench.
Deadlift without hitching or bouncing or excessive spinal flexion.

*AR might include yoga, a hike up Kennesaw Mountain, low intensity Airdyning or rowing. AR is not high intensity metcon.

Levels 0/1 will follow a 10×10 lifting protocol with kettlebells.

Any members who haven’t been training for this entire cycle will follow the 0/1 program this week.