2013 USAPL Central Florida Powerlifting Championships: Team PSI: Meet Write-up

Not a long haul down to Orlando, but a guaranteed quick turnaround. Got to the hotel (which looked nothing  like the website pictures: WHERE"S MY SWAN!) about 2:30 Saturday, rested up and went to dinner: all except Gage and Charles, who were deep into their weight cuts. After dinner we hied it (Henderson, 2011) to the Anytime Fitness Kissimee, so the boys could run.

Did not fall asleep until; after one and was awakened by Gage hitting the hot shower at 4:30. When we left at 6:30, his bw was 182.6. Start spitting, kid. Got up, showered and went for money and donuts, and we headed to the meet site.

The Hyatt Regency at the Orlando International airport is literally IN THE CENTER OF THE AIRPORT. After a lil' rigmarole we finally got to weight ins.

Gage: 181.25... .25 under the limit.
Holloway: 179
Charles: 197.5... .5 under.
Andrew: 297... room to spare.

Wound up doing about a third of the rules briefing. Then the meet started about an hour late, which was fine except that they did not give us flight info until we had already started warming up. My guys were in flight B and C. As a result of my rules briefing addenda, I wound up coaching for three other lifters, plus lots of question answering.

Note of Genius: I brought my own kilo Ivanko kilo loading chart.

A big shout out to T.W.Sauls and Jacob Bush for using said chart and taking my instructions and spotting and loading for all the regular team lifters and our char-gees. They worked all day to keep everyone warmed up. I don't let my lifters touch a weight in the warm-up area.

Jason Holloway: First meet: Masters 181: Push Pull
Had to sit through all the squats, but helped me coordinate warmups.
Bench
248: Good:Smoke show.
264: Good: Looked easy in real time, but on video it looks more of a grind.
270: miss: took the weight down a bit too slowly.

Deadlift
380: miss. Easy pull, but lost his balance at the top. At this point, no way we were going safe.
407: Good! Ripped it up.
429: miss: started shaking and got reds. Gotta go with what the judges say, but it looked good in real time and on the video.

Still, first meet, long day. Just a little off his goals, but very proud of him for putting all the work in.

Charles: first Meet: T2 198: opened with all new state records.
Squat
380: Good: solid, but not like I wanted it to look.
396: Good: conservative jump. Form was spot on and he killed it.
413: Good: Form was perfect. A grind, but all 3 whites.

Bench
253: Good: easy
270 Good: slow off the chest, fast to lockout.
275: miss: just not in the cards.

Deadlift
451: Good. Lokked alright.
479: miss. Could have gone either way. I thought it was good, but...
479: miss. Long day got to him.

6/9 with 4 state records. We'll take it.

Andrew: first Meet: T2 and Open SHW
Squat
435: Good: destroyed it.
473: Good: No question.
490: Good: PR and State Record. Prolly could have gotten 496.

Bench
341: Good: solid.
363: Good: smoked it. Was very grumpy afterward. Said it did not feel good.
374: Good: SOLID. Might have had 380. Still, a PR!

Deadlift
545: Good: Utter Destruction. Went for a huge jump.
589: Good: Stiff legged it. I thought he was done. Conservative jump to:
600.7: Good: 2 to 1! PR!!! Went to Stiff leg IMMEDIATELY at beginning of pull and I wrote him off, but he pulled it to lock out. I think he could have gotten 600.7.

9 for 9, baby! Only 13 lbs off the state total record.

Gage: Went from T2 220 two weeks ago to T2 181!!!
Squat: enter the 12 Gage!!!
355: Good. Depth was there, but he looked loose.
380: Good: Meet PR! Ditto. Asked him what he wanted next: "the least I can get away with."
385: miss: His depth was a shade too low today.

Bench: been chasing the AR for a year. Found out last week that the Ar went up from 290 to 303, so
292: good: State record
308.5 AR Record Attempt: GOOD!!! Destroyed it! Still, i thought he had shot the moon on that one.
314: AR Attempt: GOOD!!! A grind. The right call. 319 would not have gone.

Deadlift
451: Good: solid
479: Good. State Record: solid
501: No go. The other option was 496 for the SR total, but I think he was done.

7 for 9, two state and the American Record in the bench for the T2 181 class.

Man, what an exhausting day. Seven Sate Records and an American Record. Not a bad haul.

Congrats to Marvin Wheeler with PR's on all 3 lifts and a pretty deadlift to end the day. Congrats to Melissa D'Errico (sp) for a solid 215 bench and a big PR 275 deadlift. Congrats to Big Jim Emmett Fenimore Cooper for pulling over 500 and benching 391. Squats looked good too, because a eagle eyed coach was calling his depth. :)

Thanks to Missy and Christan for cheering the Team on all day.

Thanks to Dr. Scarborough for showing up to give Chuck some support.

Thanks to Anytime Fitness Blackshear and Jenny and Jeffry Parr for all their support.

Thanks to the rest of the Team: Nate, Berry and Mike for always pushing us when we are in the gym.

Bench Wednesdays

Charles
Deload
175 x 5
185 x 5
195 x 5

2 Board
225 x 2p
245 x 2p
260 x 2 p
265 x 2p... PR
275 x 1p... PR

Close
185 x 6p
200 x 6p
210 x 6p

Jacob
175 x 10fp
185 x 10fp
195 x 10fp
195 x 5p x 3 sets

1 board pauses
195 x 5p
215 x 3p
225 x 5p

Close
195 x 8
205 x 5p
215 x 5p

James
215 x 6...1,3,6p
225 x 6...1,3,6p
245 x 5
245 x 5flp
245 x 4p
280 x 1
280 x 1p

2 Board
275 x 2p x 2

Close
195 x 5
215 x 5
230 x 5

Gage
260 x 5flp
275 x 5flp
290 x 5
290 x 3p

3 board
315 x 3p
335 x 3p

Close
185 x 8
205 x 8
215 x 8

Mikey Silverback
175 x 6flp
185 x 6flp
215 x 5
215 x 5fp
215 x 4fp

3 board
255 x 1p
275 x 1p... PR

1 Board Pauses
175 x 5p
195 x 3p
205 x 5p

Holloway
165 x 10
175 x 10
185 x 10... PR
185 x 10... again
205 x 1p
205 x 1p
205 x 5p

3 board
215 x 3p
235 x 2p x 2

Close
155 x 6
175 x 6
185 x 6

Christan
First Week of Arch Work
45 x 10
65 x 5
90 x 5p
95 x 5flp
100 x 5flp
105 x 5flp
115 x 5flp

1 Board
105 x 5p
115 x 3p
125 x 3p

Incline close Grip: I forget

Pete
First Week Arch Work on Light Day: I got about two inches... which is what she said.
45 x 15
95 x 10
135 x 8
165 x 5p
180 x 5p
190 x 5p
205 x 5p
225 x 5p

JM Press
185 x 12
205 x 12
225 x 10

Overhead Press
45 x 10
95 x 10
135 x 8
155 x 8
165 x 6... guh.

Another busy PSI night. Would rather not do OHP on same night as bench, but we have to go to Cuthbert tonight. I will say this, working the arch wears my ass out. So much more leg drive and ALL the breathing.

Wednesday: Bench

Christan

Bench

45 x 10

75 x 5

95 x 3

110 x 8lp

120 x 8lp

130 x 5.... hurm.

115 x 5fp

120 x 5flp

135 x 1p x 2

Close Grip

110 x 5

115 x 5

120 x 2

Pete

Bench: with new and improved wide-grip

45 x 15

95 x 10

135 x 8

185 x 5

225 x 5p

245 x 6p

265 x 5p

Jake

Bench: wide Grip

135 x 10

155 x 10

165 x 10

175 x 10

175 x 5p x 3 sets

1 Board pauses

155 x 5p

175 x 3p

195 x 8p

Close Grip

165 x 8

185 x 8

195 x 8

James

benched at school earlier, so his bench was off.

205 x 6...1,3,6

215 x 6...1,3,6

240 x 5... guh

235 x 4fp

230 x 3p

275 x 0

Called it. 

Charles

bench

215 x 3p

230 x 3p

245 x 3p... PR!!!

3 board

260 x 1p

280 x 1p... PR!!!

290 x 0 x 2

Close Grip

165 x 8p

185 x 8p

195 x 8p

Thursday: DL

Christan

Deadlift

135 x 10

185 x 5

225 x 3

275 x 2

295 x 1 x 3 sets

295 x 3

Holloway

2" Deficit

275 x 5

295 x 5

335 x 5

355 x 5

385 x 3... damn

Berry

2 " defcit

255 x 5

275 x 5

295 x 5

315 x 5

335 x 5

Floor

405 x 1... very fast

Andrew

365 x 8

385 x 8

405 x 8

Jake

pause deadlifts

255 x 5flp

275 x 5p

295 x 5p

315 x 5p

James

355 x 5

385 x 5

405 x 5... PR

Charles

385 x 5... fugly

415 x 5... better

445 x 6... PR. Much better

Gage

425 x 5

455 x 5

475 x 4... PR. Lost his balance on the fifth, but WOW. Looking forward to April 25th for the Deadlift Max extravaganza between Gage and Chuck. 

Coaching

Caleb
squat
135 x 10 x 3

Dalton
Squat
275 x 3 x 3

James
Bench
230 x 5p
250 x 5flp
265 x 3fp
250 x 3
250 x 2p
235 x 3
235 x 2p

3 board
265 x 2p

Close
205 x 4
205 x 5 x 2

Speed
165 x 3 x 8 VG

Jake
Max Bench
275 PR!!!
285 x 0
280 PR!!!

Charles
250 PR!!!
265 x 0
260 PR!!!

No quit in this crew, even on an off night.

So, Swagger comes in a bit low and i tell him that he looks a lot like me. Berry comments that I tend to be "All Solemn and  put out."

I respond that Solomon was known to put out.

Hi-oh!

Chris
Deadlift
135 x 10
145 x 10 x 4
145 x 5 reset x 2

Conventional
145 x 5 x 3

Bench
45 x 10
75 x 5
95 x 3
115 x 1
125 x 3
125 x 3
135 x 1
135 x 0... hmmm?
145 x Negative

Jacob: Late
Deadlift
135 x 10
225 x 5
275 x 3
325 x 5
350 x 5
370 x 5... PR!!!

Bench
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 3
185 x 1
205 x 6lp
220 x 5flp
220 x 5flp
235 x 4p
235 x 4fp

Swagger
135 x 10
185 x 6
225 x 5
275 x 3
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
430 x 1
455 x 1... PR
470 x 1... PR
480 x 1... PR!!!

Lil'Man Heath
Deadlift
20 x 10
30 x 6
40 x 5
50 x 5... PR!

Berry
135 x 10
185 x 6
225 x 5
275 x 4
315 x 3
335 x 2
365 x 1
385 x 3
405 x a hard fought 2. He was disappointed, but he kept on.
405 x 1
405 x 1... good hard work.

Pete
2 " Deficit
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 3
365 x 2
425 x 1
475 x 5
535 x 3
595 x 2... PR!

Block Pull
635 x 1
635 x 0... I was worn out from the day, the deficits and the speed of the training. Jacob being late messed up the timing.

Sumos
565 x 1... Guh-hu-uh
535 x 2
495 x 2
465 x 2
425 x 2

My hands, they be hamburg right now.

Training Log: Christmas Eve Squat Party

The third annual CSP was a little subdued because not everyone squatted, but the Jays did show up and work legs and were there for moral support. A big thanks to all who were able to come.

Berry
45 x 10
95 x 8
115 x 5
135 x 3
155 x 5 x 2
185 x 3 x 2

Jake and Gage
45 x 10
135 x 8
205 x 5
245 x 3
285 x 2
305 x 1
325 x 1
345 x 1

Jake: 365 x 1... Pr
Gage: 365 x 0... I am at a loss. He has been stuck at 365 for over a year. I cannot figure it out.

Pete
Squat: thanks to Berry for his depth calls.
stick x 10 x 3
45 x 10 x 2
135 x 8
225 x 5
315 x 3
385 x 5
415 x 5
415 x 5... had to tighten my belt one notch: this could be an issue for Berry on Friday.
435 x 5
475 x 1... planned single
565 x Walkout and a single off the high pin
385 x 5

Sumo Deficits: 2"
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 2
405 x 5 x 3

Speed Pulls
365 x 3 x 8

Well, it's finally here:

We head off for the meet tonight.

Plans
Christan:
Squat: 203/231/242
Bench: 126/137/148
Dead: 303/325/341

Pete
Squat: 545/584/606
Bench: 336/363/374
Dead: 578/622/644

And that's her.

Toodles.