Benchpress 170kg

BASELINE PROFILE

Name:  David Griffin  
Age:  25
Occupation:  Security
Residence:  Ireland
Study Start Date:  February 23, 2006

Height: 6'

Neck:  17"

Chest: 48"

Thigh:   27.5"

Bicep: 17.5"

David is a Security agent who has weight trained for the past 8 years.  He is a competitive powerlifter who is currently training in preparation for a competition to be held within the next six months.  He is involved in high intensity workouts to build power, strength and increase muscle mass.

Strength Training Goals:

Some of David's goals include:
1.  Increase bench squat and deadlift past previous bests which I have not achieved for a while.
2.  Lose body fat but try put up weight.   I would like to compete at the upper end of the under 125kg class.
3. To be fitter then I am now.
 

Athletic Achievements

2002 I.D.F.P.Acarlow Bench Bash Jnr 110kg 1st,
2003 I.D.F.P.A Nationals Jnr 110kg 1st.
Celtic Nations Jnr 110kg 1st place,
Galway Bench Press comp. u125kg Jnr 1st place,
W.D.F.P.F World Powerlifting Championship u125kg jnr 1st place
 

2004 I.D.F.P.A Sinlge Lifts Bench competition  u125kg jnr 1st,
I.D.F.P.A Nationals u125kg jnr 1st place,
2005 I.D.F.P.A Nationals Snr u125kg 1st,
WDFPF Worlds Snr u125kg 2nd.

All Competitions were raw.  

Nutrition:

"I eat usually around 6 times per day, large bowl of porridge for breakfast wit a few bananas. then scrambles eggs 1 whole and 4 eggs whites, bowl of soup then wit bread for tea either chicken, pork, beef wit potatoes and veg, post training 200g fig rolls and a litre of low fat milk, before bed maybe either a few slices of bread wit cheese, cup of tea and noodle soup, or maybe a few raw eggs. sometimes during the day I like to snack on either sweets or biscuits, i mite have a baked potatoes wit cheese and mayo to snack also. i don’t drink to much coffee, every other day maybe one large cup."
 

Supplementation:

"Sometimes I took EAS Whey Protein - 35 g twice a day. I have not taken it in 3 months or any other supplement for even longer."

Hobbies and Special Interests:

"I like to follow strength sports such as powerlifting which I compete in.  I lift in the World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation."

Reason for Participating in the Study: 

"I looked into the product Udo's Oil Blend and read up about it and thought that this might be something that could make a difference for my training. After reading some other studies on Udo's Oil and how it affected athletes that took part, it made me want to take part myself."
 

Weightlifting/Event Training: 

David deadlifting 227.5kg at the
2003 Russian powerlifting competition
 
David trains 4 to 6 times a week depending on his schedule for
approximately 1.5 hours per session.  He performs a split routine. 
 

Powerlifting Workout Information
Level of Training:  Intermediate

Speed Bench

Rear Delt Fly

Shoulder Press

Squat

Speed Deadlift

Lat Pull Down

Bench Press

Floor Press

Rotator Cuff Exercises with Bands

Squat

Deadlift

Good Mornings

Health and Fitness Background by David Griffin: 

I started lifting a few light weights in the garage at home when I was around 12, only very light for high reps. When I was 16 I had my first experience in a proper gym. It was fantastic and I was completely addicted from the first moment I walked threw the door.

At first I was only interested in bodybuilding style training, trying to make myself look as good as possible. But as a lot of the other guys in the gym were my friends and the same age as me, it started to become who was the strongest rather then who looked the best. At this stage in my training I had never even heard of a deadlift or a squat, and didn't have any interest in training the lower part of my body. All that mattered was who could bench the most, shoulder press the most and use the heaviest weight doing bicep curls. It wasn't till I was 21 till one of my friends introduced me to a weightlifter called David Fitzhenry that I discovered what powerlifting was. We started to train with each other once every few weeks, him showing me the ropes and telling me about training programs. techniques etc.
Then in September 2002 he said he was holding a bench press competition in town for the Irish Drug Free Powerlifting Association and asked would I be interested in competing. I said yeah and we started training bench nights with each other once and twice a week every week until the comp. on the day I weighed in at 109.9kg to be in the under 110kg junior class. I benched 145kg raw that day. It was a fantastic experience and helped me move on to full powerlifting training and competitions today.

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