quick meet recap

overall quite pleased with the day. training leading up to the meet was productive and effective.

weighed in at 269 friday morning, weighed 285 or so before bed. in other words a successful bloat

squat (belt and knee wraps)

warmups all felt good even though i couldnt really do my full usual warm up due to taking turns on the monolift, but 475x1 for my last warm up with lighter wraps moved quickly

opener: 505--> good, 3 whites i think, slow at the lockout a little

second: 528 (i think)-->good and a PR, also 3 whites, moved faster than the opener all the way through to completion

third: 551--> smoked it, but i guess i was just a little too high so no go, im not bitter since the meet was judged fairly consistently and fairly for the most part

bench (2-ply F6)

started warming up early to make sure i could get all my usual sets in and didnt want to risk tweaking my pec. shirt was fitting really tight which can be attributed to the bloat

all warm up sets moved fast and easy

opener: 576--> good, took some time to get to the chest, but it flew up

second: 606-->good (3 whites) flew up fast, heard some small pops and thought i blew some stitching on the shirt, but couldnt see anything obvious. then my left tricep started to get pretty sore.

third: 628-->good (2 whites) little tough, but moved quick, this is the most ive taken to the chest ever. very pleased with this since it was a huge PR and the focus of the meet

deadlift: (belt)

was originally planning on just doing a token pull of 315 to complete the meet, but changed my opener to 405, still a token pull and doesnt take much of a warm up to get ready for it. so i started early and was done early and got cold early.

opener: 405-->good 3 whites no problem

second: 505--> good, 3 whites no problem, was pretty happy considering i was cold and hadnt pulled anything over 315 in the past month or so

third: passed to save my back for training coming up

so again, pretty happy overall. got some nice video and pictures thanks to my dad and it should be posted on youtube and facebook soon