I know it wasn't what you hoped for, but congratulations on setting 2 meet PRs. After having an injury like yours, some people would've just opted out in doing the meet. But you not only managed to finish it, you also set those 2 meet PRs. Just shows what kind of person you are. I hope everything goes well with your MRI tomorrow.
Thanks, hatch. I had missed those two lifts before, so it was cool to get them this time, even though I figured I was due for them. It wasn't a great meet, but at least there were some positives.
Well, first of all, congrats on the bench and pull PR's. You've put a lot of work into your bench, at least from my perspective, so it's good to see that come through at a meet even though you weren't 100% for it.
Injuries and set backs happen as you well know. I've found it's best not to dwell. You already approach things objectively so I doubt you'll be spinning your wheels in emotional mud for too long. It seems like you did about the best anyone could ask given the knee(ish?) issue you're dealing with. I mean... wasn't it hard to walk a matter of days ago?? Still hit a bench and pull PR so..
Do you feel like the wrapped squats yesterday made the issue worse or did it pretty much stay the same?
Your MRI is tomorrow anyways, right??
Yeah--my bench is definitely stronger now. 303 was easy, but I'm currently hitting a wall with anything past 310. I go from an easy attempt to an unmakeable one in a matter of a few pounds.
And yeah, I'll approach this one objectively. I have ideas for training this cycle; I'm going to take a lot of the positives from last cycle and try to re-apply them this time, while focusing on keeping myself a little less banged up. That might mean incorporating more volume, but not so much volume that I'm run ragged. It might also mean not training in wraps and just throwing them on at the next meet and seeing what happens.
In my opinion, the issue isn't any worse. It flared back up, but I don't think it's any worse than before. The MRI's tomorrow, so it doesn't really matter much, I guess.
No reason to be heartbroken about anything. It sounds like the knee didn't suffer any damage in the meet and you went on to hit meet PRs of the next two lifts. That sounds much preferable to hitting 1400 at the cost of possible knee damage.
Congrats for the PRs and good luck to getting fully healthy for your July meet.
It's just tough to put a lot into a training cycle and go backwards, I guess. The thing that kept me going when I dropped my numbers down and was training beltless and wrapless was that the humbling experiences I was going through would pay off with a bigger squat. That, of course, didn't happen here.
So, it feels sort of like wasted effort, but I did learn a lot from the process, and I did get stronger; I just now need to get healthy again and start building good, sustainable progress.
Congrats on the PRs, Kyle! Nice going under the circumstances!
Thanks, man. The circumstances weren't ideal--admittedly, I felt GREAT for all three meets last year, so I think I've just been lucky in the past. This is a part of competing, and I just have to deal with it.
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