Back in the game. (Free 9 week peak)

It’s been a long old road for me to get back on the platform. I stopped competing in Powerlifting in 2017 to chase and achieve goals in my first sport of Boxing.

After making the decision to get back to Boxing, I knew I needed a goal, a date, something set in stone to motivate me. So there and then I signed up for a White Collar Heavyweight area title fight and within 3 months I managed to get down from 19 stone to 15 1/2 stone with reasonable fitness levels. I was excited, there is no thrill quite like fighting and never will be, it took me back to being a kid fighting in the amateurs, I put most of my personality development down to being under that kind of pressure at such a young age. I was hooked again.

I pushed Boxing hard and I loved it. Since then I have sparred many Champions and won all 5 of my unlicensed fights against some tough opposition, walking away with some unlicensed titles.

The boxing route took me down a road I didn’t think I would go, I got addicted to being fitter, faster, so I pushed my fitness really hard and started to really enjoy the thrill of endurance training. This led me to losing alot of weight eventually getting down to 13 1/2 stone which I hadn’t been since I was a kid. This then opened up the idea in my mind to join the Military, so I did just that.

I joined the Royal Marines which many consider is the hardest most arduous training in the world. Going from civilian to a high level commando in 32 weeks. I grabbed the bull by the horns and gave it all I had. I was so shocked to see the caliber of some of these humans there, I was middle pack if that but gave it all I had. I managed to complete the full basic training earning the right to be a soldier, This was until I tore my hamstring and calf (grade 2) on bottom field one day after being on exercise. This brought my life crashing down on me, I had not seen my daughter in 6 months and wouldn’t be able to for another 6 due to being in hunter (rehab).

I asked myself what is more important? Being a good soldier or being a dad? not even a good dad, just some sort of a dad because at the minute I am not being any sort.

So I left, which was a very tough decision and hurt me to the core. I lost an identity I felt like a failure and thought that people would think I quit because it was hard, which it is was but definitely doable and i knew i had what it took.

Fast forward to now, I am a serving Infantry Reserve Soldier and now a Competitive Powerlifter again.

Getting back to the lifting game has been tough on my ego and body, I suffered 2 tears last year on weights that I used to be able to rep. I could see people thought I was done and couldn’t do it again. I used this to motivate myself I knew I wasn’t done.

So on the 8/4/2023 I did my first competition back.

I managed-

240kg squat

185kg bench

270kg deadlift

695kg total

I was happy with this, it was only 5kg behind my best total in sleeves and I qualified for the British.

Below I will attach my full 9 weeks peak I wrote for myself. I will put all the numbers and percentages I used but these can be took out and you can run this yourself and base it off your own numbers and rpe's.

So you have a full 9 weeks peak for free not too shabby.

Thanks for reading, please let me know if you use the program and how you do on it.

And if your stuck in a rut or feel like people are doubting you

Stay the course.

Much love.