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Wendler 5/3/1 Program

What's happening, what's up? Not much for us just getting deeper into training. After a 2 month hiatus we decided to keep it very basic & not get too complex. Our base fitness & strength had diminished when traveling through Canada. I think they have some bullshit in their water, although what kept us alive was "Tim Horton's". They are a mixed of a fast-food coffee, pastry & sandwich soup shop. Pretty tasty & impressive for Canadians. Anyway, the Wendler 5/3/1 Program is a 3 week progressive strength program raising the Back Squat, Press, Deadlift & you guessed it Bench Press. Along with some basic assistance work to bring up weaknesses in the lifts. It's very simple percentages off your perceived 1 Rep Max. Week 1 uses 3 sets of 5 reps with the last set a rep out. Week 2 & 3 are the same fashion but 3 reps & the final with a 95% rep out. No frills, no gimmicks just hit your weights for the week & break records. I think it's a good intro strength program for all beginners, as well as anyone trying to get back into the swing of things & BeastMode status. Here are some highlight clips of us leading up to Week 3...enjoy!

Continuing Education

Take some notes from this man, Matt Wichlinski from the eastcoast. He's straight beastin over in Virginia! I like his style of training using strongman, kettlebells, bodyweight, sleds & O-Lifting. Very similar to our style of training. Keep it simple, basic & appropriate to your training needs. My man will explain the rest, enjoy!

Sniper Performance 2nd Annuall Re-Grand Opening Arms & Back Extravaganza!

Yeeeeeaaaah, aaaaaaahhhhhh!!! Kids we are back in full effect now that we are finally settling into AK territory. Watch out haters & all my lovers! But seriously the SP blog will be a conscience daily "Max Effort" with no rest in between days. We will blog till we have calluses on our finger tips. Especially when we get deeper, deeper into training prowess! We have some upcoming contests around the way...October 22nd in Reilly's hood, there will be a Strength Extravaganza put on by some folks. NAS strongman comp, USAW weightlifting, USAPL powerlifting meet, USMC Ironman challenge & a CrossFit event comp. We all want to do the strongman comp as well as the other lifting disciplines. We are still deciding if one of us will do the 3 comp challenge...we will see. Oh yeah, NAS nationals is around the corner on November 4-5 in Tunica, Mississippi. I'm currently getting back into BeastMode after a long 2 month layoff after the WA strongest apple. I felt pretty burnt out after that comp & life got hectic. But now I'm back in business & business is good. See you guys in the weightroom...

Reunited in Alaska

Finally the crew is back in the same state ALASKA! Ready to start tearing it up. Benji and Jer recently moved up to Fairbanks to work at Fort Wainwright. Reilly is down @ Joint base Elmendorf-Richardson. Will hopefully start posting workouts daily and possibly some video footage. Stay tuned!!!

2011 PR's & highlights in January...

585lb 7" Block Deadlift



375lb Cambered Bar Zercher Squat



265lb Power Clean



286lb Front Squat



211 x 5 Axle Split Clean & Push Jerk



374lb Snatch Deadlift



240 x 3 Atlas Stone Load to 50" Platform



225 x 4 Axle Incline Press



198lb Snatch

505lb Sumo Deadlift

505lb Sumo Deadlift

545lb Rack Pull Bottom pin

Hardly, do rack deadlifting, just wanted to see how it felt.

2010 NAS Nationals Video Clips

Event #1: 600# Yoke Walk & 250# Sandbag Carry



Event #2: 150# Circus DB Clean & Press



Event #3: Car Deadlift for Reps



Event #4: 200# Axle Clean & Press for Reps



Event #5: 230/250# Keg Carry & 500# Sled Drag



Event #6: 500# Farmer's Frame Carry



Event #7: 230/260/300/330/360# Atlas Stones

Final Points/Place: 44 Points/2nd Place

*Very, very pleased with my performance...I couldn't
be more proud of what I accomplished in the 2 days.
I had a few mistakes the 1st day with the dropped sandbag
& just not getting a rep on the circus dumbbell. Things happen
in a competition. I knew going into the 2nd day I had to be
perfect if I wanted to still win. I was down 10 points which is a lot
for the number of competitors we had. I felt more confident in
the events for the final day. I trained my butt off with the axle
clean & press...I wanted to totally dominate & stand out from the
rest of the competitors. I felt my conditioning was top notch & the
best out of all of the competitors & it showed in the keg carry & sled
drag. I even slipped & lost my lead & still pulled away with the victory.
I didn't take too long to recover from the event...I was all ready for the
next one if I had to go that minute. The farmer's was a sprint for the
finish & I knew I had to jet! The atlas stones was last & a nice ending
to a contest, I wanted to get the 300# stone & felt really good about it.
220 & 260 was easy & the 300# stone was an issue. The picks were
hella easy with the tacky but I didn't have a good stance to generate
power from my legs & hips...rookie mistake. I did pick it up 3 times
with no issues. Next year I'm getting the 300,330 & 360# stone at
175 pounds! I had tons of fun, met some cool people & won some
cash...what a great weekend!! Be BeastMode...Be Relentless...see
you next year at Nationals!

Snatches are Fun!

80kg Snatch + Overhead Squats

Lightweight 3x Bodyweight RAW Deadlift

Attempt #3: 505 lbs

*Had so much left in the tank, didn't max out my
attempt couldn't done at least 20-30 lbs more!
Weighed in at 164.9 lbs that day hitting 3.06
times my bodyweight. Great day for a PR. Be
Relentless...Be BeastMode!

Sniper Performance Presents...

BEASTMODE...RELENTLESS TRAINING
When your competitors are resting
& recovering, you train.
When they are blabbing & running
their mouths, you train.
When they are sleeping & dreaming,
you train.
Don't stop till you win your prize,
Be Relentless, turn on your inner
BEASTMODE!

Cleans, Cleans & Cleans

110kg Clean



120kg Clean



275 lb Clean Attempt

*Almost had 275 lbs! I just need to keep my
chest up & jump hard. I can get my elbows
through fast but I'm off balance in the front.
I think I need to work on clean pulls & cleans
from the blocks. I will get it sometime next
month with a Jerk! To be continued...
-B Lee, 175 lb Strongman

Squats, Pressing, Cleans & PR's

Box Squat + Lt Bands: 335 x 1



Back Squat: 225 x 20



Back Squat: 225 x 20



Back Squat: 275 x 10



Back Squat: 315 x 10



100 lb One Arm DB Snatch + Push Jerk



Back Squat: 365 x 2



Split Clean: 285 x 1



Behind the Neck Split Jerk: 305 x 1



265 lb Split Clean & Jerk attempt



Sumo Deadlft Muscle Split Clean: 265 x 1

2010 CrossFit Games

2011 CrossFit Games Winners
Jason Khalipa 3rd place, Benji Ehlers 1st place, Rob Orlando 2nd place

CrossFit Total Showdown

B Lee - Back Squat 385 lbs



Sniper - Back Squat 345 lbs



Sniper - Overhead Press 185 lbs



B Lee - Overhead Press 175 lbs



B Lee - Deadlift 472 lbs



Sniper - Deadlift 492 lbs

And the results...

Sniper - 1022 lbs
B Lee - 1032 lbs

New PR's & recent lifts for Sniper Performance

Hang Split Clean: 275 x 1(Sniper Style)



Split Clean & Jerk: 260 x 1(B. Lee Style)

*What's good...Where the challenges' at?

2010 WA Strongest Apple Pics

LW 175# Division-1st Place

Keg Load to 50" Platform(180,200,220,250#)

100ft Yoke Walk(665#)

100 ft Tire Flip(700#)

200 ft Farmer's Walk(240# each)

Axle Press For Reps(209#)

2010 WA Strongest Apple-175 lb LW, 1st Place

Event #2: 700# Tire Flip 100ft-72'2"(10 flips), 1st Place


Event #3 209# Axle Press For Reps-7 reps, 1st Place


Event #4: 240# Farmer's Walk 200ft-34.19, 1st Place

*Overall 1st place out of 8 competitors. First time doing the 665# Yoke Walk, I ended up getting 55'4.5" getting 2nd place. The last event was the keg load, I only got the 180# and 200# kegs. I couldn't get that 220# keg up...too freakin heavy. My right quad was bugging me the whole time after the tire flip, I had a bad bruise weeks prior. I also dropped the axle bar on my knee adding to the already bad bruise. This was a really fun and challenging contest, all the competitors were tough and I look forward to doing it again next year.