Octogen Strength Coach – Don Stevenson

Ok so lets just say that 2010 was a complete write off in terms of training for me.  After a couple of months of productive training and one Deadlift PR I got nailed with a a killer virus, work issues, moving house and then the arrival of junior.

This is not to say that I didn’t train but basically I didn’t make much progress!

2011 has started off a lot better and even though I’m still mega busy I’ve at least chiseled out time to train 3-4 days a week and am determined to use this year to build my highest levels of strength ever.

So far I’ve hit one all time PR of 137kg in the bench press (definitely my worst lift!) and have come within 8kg of my Squat PR by squatting 200kg and managed it without spotters, meaning that I reckon I’ve got even more in the tank.

I have learned that trying to mix high volume squat programs like Smolov with being a new parent is a no go as you tend to end up burnt out very quickly so my training is getting rejigged at the moment for maximum efficiency and this may lead to some new articles on how to achieve better results with less time in the gym.

Anyway Check out the video of my Bench PR and Squat (and before anyone moans I realise that it wouldn’t pass in a powerlifting meet and I need to learn to keep my butt on the bench).

Hope your training is off to killer start for 2011 too!

Bench Press 137kg Squat 200kg

Ok so anyone who lives in Australia will already know that over the past few weeks a huge part of Queensland and significant areas in NSW and Victoria have been hit with devastating floods but for the international subscribers who might no know whats going on let me just say that the situation in many parts of Australia is pretty dire now.

Thousands of people have been displaced from their homes and over 20 have died in the worst floods to hit Australia in a hundred years.

Some of the places that have been badly affected are places that I’ve been to compete in Strongman or run workshops at and thousands of police, military and fire personnel are involved in the rescue and clean up efforts.

In the spirit of doing whatever we can to help I’m going to donate 50% of all E-Book and DVD sales and 25% of all online programs purchased before the end of January to the QLD Premiers relief appeal. Plus, as a bonus with any purchase you’ll receive the full set of insider programs (over 100 pages of different programs). To qualify just purchase anything from my website products page or from www.beatthebeeptest.com and you’ll automatically receive the bonus and at the end of January we’ll tally up the total and donate it to the flood relief appeal.

To get your free copy of the first 5 programs from the Octogen Insider series simply click on the link below.

Octogen Insider Programs

Remember that you can get the other 19 programs simply by purchasing any product in our “Queensland Flood Sale”