Category: Kirk Remer

Apr 09 2010

Kirk Remer – Squat

ATG Squats:  12, 10, 8, 6 or 7
My top sets where 405 for 8 and then a second set for 6 or 7 I cant remember.  I finished with leg extensions and leg curls.  Saturday will be benching in my shirt.  My next contest will be in July so I will start getting ready this [...]

Mar 01 2010

Kirk Remer – Weekend Training

Benched in Sun Prairie Friday morning with Vinni’s morning crew.
Bench:  315 x 1, 405 x 1, 425 x 1, 455 x 1
Trish hit a 200 raw bench at a bwt of 148 which was awesome to see.  Many people say that they have seen some strong women but I have never seen a girl bench [...]

Feb 23 2010

Kirk Remer – Training update

Last Saturday was an awesome training day Trish squatted 365 raw at 148lbs.  Drew smoked 475 in the squat.
Vinni and Marty came down from Madison to lift and try some strongman events.  Marty is 6′ 8″ and to my surprise very athletic for a guy of his size.  He caught on very quick to the [...]

Feb 10 2010

Kirk Remer – Bench and Power Clean

Monday bench
Cluster’s with 315 x 6 singles
Narrow grip
Collegiate shoulder complex
Tuesday HS Power Cleans
Worked up to 245 x 1
Suspension leg curls
If you are looking to add something different to your training try the high school power cleans.  They will fry you out fast and if you think you are good at cleans these will humble you [...]

Feb 08 2010

Kirk Remer – Stones

Saturday I was going to do some dead lifting but Sam came to the gym so I decided to do a stone workout with him.  We did a ton of reps and did different loads and positions.  At one point I thought I was going to vomit but I held it at bay.  It was [...]

Feb 05 2010

Kirk Remer – Squat

Yesterday I did front squats.  I cant remember the last time I front squatted (years ago) so I went into it nice and easy.  I worked up to 275×5 which wasnt to bad, then I took 315 for a single.  After that I thought about getting in some more work sets so I did 225×10 [...]

Feb 03 2010

Kirk Remer – HS Power Clean

Did some High School Power Cleans yesterday 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 all with 205.  These are very hard and much different than a regular clean.  I keep the bar away from my body the whole time and never bring my elbows through on the rack.  After that I did altitude landings and then some [...]

Feb 02 2010

Kirk Remer – Bench

Bench was a little off yesterday.  I had some problems with my set up and I couldn’t get my traps to settle on the bench.  So I said screw it and just flopped on the bench with no set up grabbed the bar and did my sets.  Every rep hurt my shoulders and elbows and [...]

Feb 01 2010

Kirk Remer – Visit to Georgetown

Glen and I had a blast at Georgetown, I want to thank Carl for letting us stay at his place and showing us a great time during our visit.  The weekend was filled with training and teaching recovery methods to the staff.  Georgetown is very lucky to have such a great strength and conditioning staff.  [...]

Jan 28 2010

Kirk Remer – Power Clean

High School power cleans- worked up to 3 sets at 185 x 5 reps.  These felt awesome and they hit every weak part of my posterior chain.  Finished with single leg back extensions left leg only and some pull-downs.
Glen and I leave tomorrow morning for Georgetown we will shoot some video and probably come back [...]