Meet Write Up

Meet was supposed to start at 9:30. The rules briefing ended at twenty five til ten. Turns out even with my opener I was in the second flight, third from the last. Warmups started at ten, but first flight was taking forever so we started warming up and then slowed down. Warmups felt pretty good.

bw x 12
45 x 10
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 3
365 x 2
waited
365 x 1
455 x 1
525 x 1

Got out as the the third flight was finishing and then there was a long lag between flights. Then the first nine lifters took forever. for all the talk about calling depth harshly, the judges proved to be a little more lenient than advertised. Couple of gifts with openers. My openr was 578. i went a little coservative to make sure that i hit depth. The first thing I noticed was the thickness of the bar. But it was an easy walkout, buried and absolutley EXPLODED it up. I was in the meet and the opener was easy.

Went with 628 for my second. Good focus, walk up to the bar and as I duck under the head judge says, "well, it's too late now." this really screwed me up. I figured out what he was talking about: the bar was shifted left and I had to roll it. i think he was telling the loaders to shift it for me, but I was under the bar before they could do it. But my focus was shot and I got pinned. Good catch by the spotters. Not blaming anyone, just giving the reason

Now the third. Retook 628. A weight I was confident in. Walkout was perfect, descent was great, popped up, hit the sticking point and then the bar shifted left. I got thrown and the lift was taken by the spotters. My only thought was that the spotter on my right touched the bar, grabbed it early because of the trouble with the second attempt. The video seems to confirm this, but the image is grainy. regardless, one for three and my total is shot. I was devestated.

My squat was the biggest raw squat by 77 pounds. There were only three squats bigger. two 606 and Joe Norman's huge 942. 942 in single ply suit over single ply briefs. Buddy gave Joe extra time as well. When a record is at stake, an equipment check and following the letter of the rules would add legitmacy.

They went ahead and did the raw bench meet next. another interesting fact: lifters could lift in street clothes, wear their headphones, use padded neoprene belts and the uneven lockout rule was not set in stone. A couple of awesome raw benches though. a 400 plus at 198 and a battle at 220 with one guy hitting 465ish and the other destroying 470ish like it was a toy.

First flight benches took forever. My warmups felt terrible.

45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
185 x 2
225 x 2
275 x 1
315 x 1... this had me wondering if I should lower my first attempt.

I wound up being fourth from last in flight B, a couple of guys opened up raw before going to their shirts. I still wound up with a respectabel bench in comparison. Opened with 347. It was a little harder than I wanted and my shoulder was killing me. Second attempt, Iwent conservative with 363.7 Easier than first. Still conservative at 374.5 on third. I simply ran out of gas at the top. God this meet was sucking it up.

Meet was rolling along at this point. Time to deadlift. My training sucked, but I had a good feeling goin into the meet. Warmup felt awesome. I followed the herd and warmed up fast. Had to watch the third attempts of flight A. Got to see a 71 and 72 year old man lift. Just awesome.

225 x 3
315 x 2
405 x 2
495 x 1... I was only going to warmup to 475 but it was a pain in the ass to unload, so i went with it.

Opened with 529. Oddly enough, I smoked it. Lemme tell you something. The Oki deadlift bar is something else. A lot of bend, feels like you are grabbing a bar made of gravel and it slices the knees like a cheese grater. Was an easy lift, so I took a pretty good jump to a personal best, meet best sumo 563. In a strange twist, this was the prettiest deadlift of my 20 year lifting career. As I am coming off the platform, Christan looked at me wide-eyed and said, "who ARE you?" she knows my problems with pulling.

Gathered my brain trust: Mike and Logan. My best pull ever is 600 @ 270 in a meet, conventional. My idea in this meet was to eke out 550-565 and take a weak shot at 584. Mike had been saying all day I was going to go for six. i told him all day to shut up. Logan opted to go somewhere between 574 and 595. Heck with it, I went for broke. 600.

Pulled it solidly. Never a doubt in my mind. Could not belive it. with all my issues with pulling sumo, I tied an all time pull in my first meet going sumo. I have the action down now. Just have to replicate it.

So, a disappointing 1542 total. Thanks to Christan for being there and giving me impetus in my deadlifts. Logan for doing everything. Mike, Danny and Bev for showing up.

Good to meet some nice folks: Tom, Mitch, Justin, Tim and Ronnie.

Time to train for March. Redeem that squat.

Link to meet vids:

http://www.youtube.com/user/snootchon4

Weigh In

Woke up today at 240. Cleaned house, had a LIGHT brunch and took a nap: 238.8. Drank a 12 oz slim fast shake and went potty: 238.8. Chris got home and we headed to Adel.

Official Weigh-In: 237.5

Went to Roadhouse where I ate:

6 rolls
a handfull of peanuts
4 diet Cokes
a salad
16 oz Cowboy cut Sirloin
Steak fries
half a "Big Ol' Brownie"

Start up at 8:30 tomorrow morning.

Openers in Kilos:
262.5 ... 578.5
157.5 ... 347
240 ... 529

Christan's Training Log

Leg Press... counting thr sled as 45
135 x 10
225 x 10
315 x 10
365 x 10
385 x 10 ... sandbagging

DB Press
15 x 10
20 x 10
25 x 10
30 x 10
35 x 8

Seated Calf Raise
50 x 10
70 x 10
90 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10

Shrugs
135 x 10
155 x 10
175 x 10
135 x 13

Dront, side Delt raises, with bd set on last of 3
Face pulls, with bd set on last of 3

Good Mornings
45 x 8
65 x 8
95 x 8

Leg Extensions

Step ups... each leg
Back Extensions
Cable Flexors... 3 sets of each