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Good luck Kyle.
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Good luck Kyle.
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Some creature obviously laid an egg in your knee pit.
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Good luck Keo!
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Gl keo just sent a pm to you hoping for help
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Congrats on both of you making weight without issue.
Looking forward to the results of both your performances.
Edit: I got a good news/bad news today, semi-related. My gym owner agreed to cover the entry fee for this meet in May I wanted to do.... then I got home and my friend said the meet is full. COME ON MAN.
Looking forward to the results of both your performances.
Edit: I got a good news/bad news today, semi-related. My gym owner agreed to cover the entry fee for this meet in May I wanted to do.... then I got home and my friend said the meet is full. COME ON MAN.
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Great news- especially about BE, given the problems she had last time.
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So, some quick results from the meet:
I finished five-for-seven with a 446 lb. squat, 303 lb. bench, and 573 lb. deadlift for a 1322 lb. total. Obviously, this wasn't the meet I was hoping for; I was 78 lbs. away from my goal, and my total was down 33 lbs. from last meet.
On squat, my card was read at 202.5kg, not 207.5kg, so I ended up squatting 446 for an opener, not my intended 457. My wraps felt fine on this attempt until the very end, but I was still optimistic. I called for 513, wrapped up for it, walked it out, and basically got buried by it. The weight felt like a million pounds in the hole. I stuck with my plan to take only two squats, and I basically set my sights on trying to set small PRs on the next two lifts in order to salvage the meet.
On bench, I opened at 276 and handled it well, but I couldn't adjust to the bench setup; I've become so accustomed to my bench setup at my gym that it's hard for me to make on-the-fly adjustments to different benches. I took 303 for a second attempt and again handled it well, probably even better than I handled 305 the previous week in training. Since 1400 was done, I went for an overall PR of 314 on the third and missed it an inch or two off my chest.
On my deadlift, I just couldn't generate a lot of speed off the floor. I pulled 518 for an easy opener, then took 573 and squeaked it out; I didn't leave much on the platform with my pull. I scratched my third because I knew I was done, and it wasn't worth taking another heavy attempt given how I was feeling.
So, the positives are that I actually finished the meet and hit two small meet PRs. The negatives are that I ended up with a six-rep max for my best squat and missed my goal by 78 pounds. It's my first meet in which I've failed to hit a meet PR total, too.
Honestly, I'm pretty heartbroken over what happened the last month of training. I put a lot into this cycle, and to squat 446 after that is a tough pill to swallow. I mean, there was a time not too long ago when I squatted 390 for a set of five without knee wraps; then, things fell apart.
I just feel like I broke down physically in prep for this meet, and it affected my training and caused me to peak early and detrain while I tried to recover. I did the best I could and it didn't work out.
With all of that said, I have it in me to certainly push past 1355 come July, and that's what I intend to do. Over these next six months, I'm going to build back towards another run at 1400--in July, I'm going to have a good, successful meet, and I'm going to build on that success in October. I'm going to try and get healthy again, and I'm going to focus on my weaknesses. I don't know exactly what my training will look like just yet, but I'll make those decisions soon.
I finished five-for-seven with a 446 lb. squat, 303 lb. bench, and 573 lb. deadlift for a 1322 lb. total. Obviously, this wasn't the meet I was hoping for; I was 78 lbs. away from my goal, and my total was down 33 lbs. from last meet.
On squat, my card was read at 202.5kg, not 207.5kg, so I ended up squatting 446 for an opener, not my intended 457. My wraps felt fine on this attempt until the very end, but I was still optimistic. I called for 513, wrapped up for it, walked it out, and basically got buried by it. The weight felt like a million pounds in the hole. I stuck with my plan to take only two squats, and I basically set my sights on trying to set small PRs on the next two lifts in order to salvage the meet.
On bench, I opened at 276 and handled it well, but I couldn't adjust to the bench setup; I've become so accustomed to my bench setup at my gym that it's hard for me to make on-the-fly adjustments to different benches. I took 303 for a second attempt and again handled it well, probably even better than I handled 305 the previous week in training. Since 1400 was done, I went for an overall PR of 314 on the third and missed it an inch or two off my chest.
On my deadlift, I just couldn't generate a lot of speed off the floor. I pulled 518 for an easy opener, then took 573 and squeaked it out; I didn't leave much on the platform with my pull. I scratched my third because I knew I was done, and it wasn't worth taking another heavy attempt given how I was feeling.
So, the positives are that I actually finished the meet and hit two small meet PRs. The negatives are that I ended up with a six-rep max for my best squat and missed my goal by 78 pounds. It's my first meet in which I've failed to hit a meet PR total, too.
Honestly, I'm pretty heartbroken over what happened the last month of training. I put a lot into this cycle, and to squat 446 after that is a tough pill to swallow. I mean, there was a time not too long ago when I squatted 390 for a set of five without knee wraps; then, things fell apart.
I just feel like I broke down physically in prep for this meet, and it affected my training and caused me to peak early and detrain while I tried to recover. I did the best I could and it didn't work out.
With all of that said, I have it in me to certainly push past 1355 come July, and that's what I intend to do. Over these next six months, I'm going to build back towards another run at 1400--in July, I'm going to have a good, successful meet, and I'm going to build on that success in October. I'm going to try and get healthy again, and I'm going to focus on my weaknesses. I don't know exactly what my training will look like just yet, but I'll make those decisions soon.
