Meat Report
Feldman, Alex Hamilton and myself took a nice little drive to upstate NY this past weekend to compete in the Iron Asylum Meet hosted by the SSA Federation. After 9 hours on the road, we arrived at the meet site to weigh in. The location was actually an old school, and the lifting platform was in the old school gymnasium. Turns out the McCaslins (meet directors) actually live in the school, and they converted the non-living space to a powerlifting gym. The whole place has a run down, dark atmosphere, great for lifting.
After weighing myself in at a FAT 273, and Hamilton making the 198's, we proceeded to clean house at Wal-Mart and then hit up KFC to increase the pre-meet bloat.
Meet day:
Squat: 500 - good, 550- good, 570 - miss
Bench - 330-good, 370-good, PASS
Deads - 525 - good, 580 - good, 600 - miss at mid shin, out of gas.
I played my attempts with the goal of getting a 1500 total. Looking back, I probably could have gotten 600 if I jumped right to it, but if I had missed, then I wouldn't have hit a 1500 total OR hit a 600 dead. In the end it's always better to get one goal than fail at both.
Moral of the story: Pick your attempts with a goal in mind, and don't deviate from the plan.
After weighing myself in at a FAT 273, and Hamilton making the 198's, we proceeded to clean house at Wal-Mart and then hit up KFC to increase the pre-meet bloat.
Meet day:
Squat: 500 - good, 550- good, 570 - miss
Bench - 330-good, 370-good, PASS
Deads - 525 - good, 580 - good, 600 - miss at mid shin, out of gas.
I played my attempts with the goal of getting a 1500 total. Looking back, I probably could have gotten 600 if I jumped right to it, but if I had missed, then I wouldn't have hit a 1500 total OR hit a 600 dead. In the end it's always better to get one goal than fail at both.
Moral of the story: Pick your attempts with a goal in mind, and don't deviate from the plan.
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