Holy fuck what an insanely tiring day. I completed my first ever meet today for the USAPL. I didn't decide to do this meet until December 15th, so I only had 3 weeks to prepare. Anyway, on to my day....
The day started off really bad for me. Apparently an email was sent out explaining that women through the 198 men's class were going to be in the morning session, starting at 9, and 220/242/275 were going to be in the afternoon session, starting at 3. I never received this email, so I just followed the sheet that said check in from 6:30-8:30 am and since it was my first meet, I wanted to show up early. So yeah, I woke up at 5am and got there at 6:15 (FML). Slept maybe 4 hours. On top of that, the morning session did not end until 5:30. I didn't even take my squat opener until about 7 oclock...crazy. I dropped all my openers even lower just in case because there was no way in hell I was bombing at my first meet because of an organization error.
Squat
Opener: 300, 3 whites
2nd: 345, 3 whites
3rd: 370, 3 whites
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3XV-bs22s[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y84t8TZgANM[/youtube]
So warming up, 275 felt like a ton...I was already gassed before the meet even started LOL. So I dropped my opener from 315 to 300 just in case. I must say that I was surprised that it didn't feel weird at all squatting in front of a bunch of people. 370 went up like nothing. I had 400 in me for sure, no problem. But I stayed conservative.
Bench
Opener: 225, 3 whites
2nd: 260, 3 whites...flew up
3rd: 280, failed it. Really not sure what happened here. My back cramped and then I just had no strength. In the gym, this is normally a lift I can get every time regardless. Oh well, no big deal.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSFGnTbgwNU&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ& index=6&feature=plcp[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ocU-jkXoYI&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ&index=5&featu re=plcp[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vh_RBxwm4&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ& index=4&feature=plcp[/youtube]
Deads
Lowered my opener way down, just in case, because again, while I was warming up I felt AWFUL. Cramps all over the place in my quads and hams. I lowered it from 450 to 407.
Opener: 407, 3 whites
2nd: 460, 3 whites
3rd: 501.5, 3 whites.
In hindsight, I went way too conservative. I left a good 30-40 lbs on the table. Everyone said my 501 looked like an opener.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QAl4OZFRZw&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ& index=3&feature=plcp[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H59aD-BvAdk&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ&index=2&featur e=plcp[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxbjW-eU_GI&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ&index=1&featur e=plcp[/youtube]
Total: 1131
I was happy with this considering I only slept 4 hours,stood around for 13 hours before my first squat, and only weighed 228 at 6'5".
I definitely found my calling though. Regardless of how grueling the day was, it was so much fun. Everyone is really supportive. I am definitely going to do more meets in the future. Priority number 1 is just filling out my frame as best as I can and bringing up my sad bench.
The day started off really bad for me. Apparently an email was sent out explaining that women through the 198 men's class were going to be in the morning session, starting at 9, and 220/242/275 were going to be in the afternoon session, starting at 3. I never received this email, so I just followed the sheet that said check in from 6:30-8:30 am and since it was my first meet, I wanted to show up early. So yeah, I woke up at 5am and got there at 6:15 (FML). Slept maybe 4 hours. On top of that, the morning session did not end until 5:30. I didn't even take my squat opener until about 7 oclock...crazy. I dropped all my openers even lower just in case because there was no way in hell I was bombing at my first meet because of an organization error.
Squat
Opener: 300, 3 whites
2nd: 345, 3 whites
3rd: 370, 3 whites
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z3XV-bs22s[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y84t8TZgANM[/youtube]
So warming up, 275 felt like a ton...I was already gassed before the meet even started LOL. So I dropped my opener from 315 to 300 just in case. I must say that I was surprised that it didn't feel weird at all squatting in front of a bunch of people. 370 went up like nothing. I had 400 in me for sure, no problem. But I stayed conservative.
Bench
Opener: 225, 3 whites
2nd: 260, 3 whites...flew up
3rd: 280, failed it. Really not sure what happened here. My back cramped and then I just had no strength. In the gym, this is normally a lift I can get every time regardless. Oh well, no big deal.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSFGnTbgwNU&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ& index=6&feature=plcp[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ocU-jkXoYI&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ&index=5&featu re=plcp[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vh_RBxwm4&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ& index=4&feature=plcp[/youtube]
Deads
Lowered my opener way down, just in case, because again, while I was warming up I felt AWFUL. Cramps all over the place in my quads and hams. I lowered it from 450 to 407.
Opener: 407, 3 whites
2nd: 460, 3 whites
3rd: 501.5, 3 whites.
In hindsight, I went way too conservative. I left a good 30-40 lbs on the table. Everyone said my 501 looked like an opener.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QAl4OZFRZw&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ& index=3&feature=plcp[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H59aD-BvAdk&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ&index=2&featur e=plcp[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxbjW-eU_GI&list=UUwzyA8wSC8YEVRo0JpQ1_nQ&index=1&featur e=plcp[/youtube]
Total: 1131
I was happy with this considering I only slept 4 hours,stood around for 13 hours before my first squat, and only weighed 228 at 6'5".
I definitely found my calling though. Regardless of how grueling the day was, it was so much fun. Everyone is really supportive. I am definitely going to do more meets in the future. Priority number 1 is just filling out my frame as best as I can and bringing up my sad bench.
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