20 , most I ever got was 19 . I would usually get between 15 and 18 reps with 405 , then I ’ d drop to a 3 plates while trying to push for 20 , if you get 20 try for 22 . Then two plates to complete failure , then one plate aside until he ’ s taking it and curling it off my back because I couldn ’ t stand up another time .
Now , that was fun for me to relive thank you for letting me explain in colourful detail , this scenario of absurdity . In my opinion , this was the ignorance of youth for me , not innocent because at my age and experience with clients , I was not innocent of experience . ( I would never have encouraged a client to do this , and I would ’ ve corrected it immediately if they ’ d come to me with this ridiculousness ). injury from training . I had injuries mind you , that later me up , but I did not hurt myself in the gym . Not then anyway … . Hahaha oh to look back .
My experience to that point was very thorough , in my career as a fitness consultant , coach , nutritionist , and trainer to high-performance athletes , fire department , first responders , police and sports teams . For many years I had an extremely high workload six days a week , 10 + hours a day . Due to where I lived , I was an anomaly there were few others like me in the two communities in which I worked . I worked in the local high school teaching nutrition and SAQ for a Hockey Canada Academy as well as the dryland coach and nutritional consultant
I had been training in bodybuilding since I started school at 23 and had been working out since I was 17 . Ultimately , I knew better not just because I was told , coached or shown by living examples . This was also because I was very good at what I did with my clients , I kept them from injury and this probably played into my hubris regarding myself . Ultimately , did I get hurt ? No , not once zero injuries , I went through my bodybuilding career as a competitor without experiencing one serious for the hockey Junior A , B and midget AAA Bantam hockey clubs and several other teams in surrounding areas . I also was consulting for the Canadian Diabetes Association and did seminars for proper nutritional measures to assist with type one insulin dependent diabetic and type two insulin resistant diabetics . I helped many and I feel like I made a huge positive impact in my time working with the association . I did great , everybody was very happy . I never had anybody place out of the