tear it up mcl.
Glad things are going well, good luck at the meet.
Ok, I’m completely drained, mentally and physically. So a longer post will have to wait (and hopefully I’ll have video in the next day or two).
Short and sweet: 8 for 9, 1102 total. Missed my 3rd squat by about an inch on depth (was going for 402.5).
PR’d on both my 3rd bench (280) and 3rd pull (257.5). Could have gone higher on that, but my back was fried, my energy was waning, and I really, really, really wanted to walk out the door with an 1100 total, so I played it conservative.
Next meet, I will pay the rest of the team to kill me if I don’t post at least 1200. Because I’m positive I’ve got it in me, right now. I just need to get right mentally. Meat will probably be all over me asking why I didn’t go a lot higher when he sees my lifts.
Wow, great lifting! I think you may have a typo in your numbers, however, or there is a lbs./kilo issue, as the numbers don’t add up.
Looking forward to the video. Great job,
Jack
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Wow, great lifting! I think you may have a typo in your numbers, however, or there is a lbs./kilo issue, as the numbers don’t add up.
Looking forward to the video. Great job,
Jack[/quote]
Yeah, it’s a lbs/kg issue. I think the bench was actually 282. I was really tired and wired all day, and was trying to keep track of the lifts I was calling (or that were being called for me) on my phone, and sometimes I put down whatever was closest in lbs, rather than the actual kg on the bar. The total wound up being exactly 500kg though (1102.3). Hopefully Bill or Marcus or whoever puts the videos together today will get the exact weights from SuperTraining and label each lift.
EDIT: heh. The 3rd pull was 457.5, not 257.5. 
The last good squat I got was 363, or thereabouts. That’s close enough, since that’s 1102.5, and I’m not going to quibble over 2/10 of a lb.
Way to go at the meet. My first meet I also guessed to low on my squats and deads. You’ll get at least 1200 next time I’m sure. Looking forward to the videos.
Video’s up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK1cintKz6U
They labeled it as 275, but I actually weighed in (clothed) at 284.
[quote]mcl wrote:
Ok, I’m completely drained, mentally and physically. So a longer post will have to wait (and hopefully I’ll have video in the next day or two).
Short and sweet: 8 for 9, 1102 total. Missed my 3rd squat by about an inch on depth (was going for 402.5).
PR’d on both my 3rd bench (280) and 3rd pull (257.5). Could have gone higher on that, but my back was fried, my energy was waning, and I really, really, really wanted to walk out the door with an 1100 total, so I played it conservative.
Next meet, I will pay the rest of the team to kill me if I don’t post at least 1200. Because I’m positive I’ve got it in me, right now. I just need to get right mentally. Meat will probably be all over me asking why I didn’t go a lot higher when he sees my lifts.[/quote]
After seeing the vid, you definitely went light this meet. Good confidence builder and good performance, boss. Excellent Cherry pop, to use a phrase.
Oh - and you’ve become a hunk of large. That’s LARGE, not lard. LARGE. Good base to do amazing things with in forthcoming meets.
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
[quote]mcl wrote:
Ok, I’m completely drained, mentally and physically. So a longer post will have to wait (and hopefully I’ll have video in the next day or two).
Short and sweet: 8 for 9, 1102 total. Missed my 3rd squat by about an inch on depth (was going for 402.5).
PR’d on both my 3rd bench (280) and 3rd pull (257.5). Could have gone higher on that, but my back was fried, my energy was waning, and I really, really, really wanted to walk out the door with an 1100 total, so I played it conservative.
Next meet, I will pay the rest of the team to kill me if I don’t post at least 1200. Because I’m positive I’ve got it in me, right now. I just need to get right mentally. Meat will probably be all over me asking why I didn’t go a lot higher when he sees my lifts.[/quote]
After seeing the vid, you definitely went light this meet. Good confidence builder and good performance, boss. Excellent Cherry pop, to use a phrase.[/quote]
Thanks! Yeah, Some of my teammates were telling me my 2nds probably should have been my openers. Not sure about that on the squat, but I definitely agree on the other two lifts.
I came away with a LOT to work on: squat foot and hip position on unrack, finding depth, sitting back, keeping my knees out coming out of the hole; bench leg drive, not hyperextending my shoulders at lockout. Much more hips on the heavy pulls…that 457, even though it wasn’t that heavy, had very little hip push-through. In general, less screaming and more holding my air on the heavy attempts, and attacking the weights with confidence through the entire lift. I managed it on the bench, which I consider my only real PR that meet. My squats take so long I have time to think, and that’s killing me, along with my form issues. I have enough time to think “Oh crap, this is heavy.” And suddenly, it is. My deads are pretty automatic at this point, I just need to get my hips through with more authority.
Our team was going to hold a local push/pull, but I just learned it’s turned into a full power meet to be held at SuperTraining. If it’s in May it’s too close for comfort, but if we hold it in June, I may just try it, and shoot for 1200. A 100 lb improvement in 12 weeks would sit well with me. That gives me just enough time to really hammer my form problems and weaknesses, and pull the tampon out.
As for the large, yeah. On the one hand, it’s nice to be around people and activities that actually give me a great body image. On the other hand, the entire time I was thinking “someone my size should be lifting twice this”. I’m pretty sure most of the spectators were wondering why I was lifting so light too. Only my team and some of the SuperTraining folks knew I’ve only been training for 5 months.
In those 5 months, I put on 35 pounds.
Great job for a first meet.
I’m a big fan of the Wild Iron videos, excellent info. Plus all the people in them come across as being really nice. Looks like you’re in a great environment, and your lifts are just going to keep going up and up.
Thanks all.
There’s another meet at SuperTraining on 5/23. It’s exactly 9 weeks out. I talked it over with a few people, and I’m going to do it. Goal: 1200 total.
98 pound total increase in 9 weeks. If I can get my bench up by 20, and my deadlift up by 40 (both of which I probably have in me now), and fix my squat depth on 402, I’ll have it.
I’ve got a lot of eating ahead of me.
Once that meet’s done I think I’ll have a good 6 months at least before my next meet, so I can focus on getting stronger and dialing in my form on the big 3 even more. I’d love to hit 1400 or higher in a year. I’ve got a good squat suit and a looser one to learn in, which I think I’ll start doing some of my DE work in after the May meet, depending on how my squat shapes up. If my form’s still got glaring errors, I’m going to stay out of the bottoms until I get it nailed.
mcl, you have come a long way, fast. Given the video, I have no doubt that your goal is attainable.
Whaddya know…hard work does pay off. Great job!
great work buddy. ONly thing I can say I don’t worry about your form before you get into the gear, cuz the gear will, no matter what, change it.
Ok, I know I went light on the lifts at the meet. But I wasn’t expecting, well, this.
Tuesday night’s ME Upper work: 295 bench (14 lb PR)
Tonight’s ME Lower work: 495 deadlift (37.5 lb PR)
…and the meet was only 11 days ago. I couldn’t even stand DE work until Sunday.
On the upside, I was shooting for a 1200 total at this next meet in 8 weeks. Looks like I may be rather higher than that. Maybe I should shoot for 1250 instead. A 150 lb total increase in 9 weeks? I can live with that.
Deadlift video:
Bench video:
(I really need to work on, among other things, leg drive on my bench)
Mark, your hard work is really paying off. I am sure you will kill it at the meet. Good lifting.
great progress, you should nail 1250 next time.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
great progress, you should nail 1250 next time. [/quote]
Did my best.
Went 9/9.
Squat: 374, 424 (PR), 451.9 (PR)
Bench: 264, 303 (PR), 314.2 (PR)
Deadlift: 457, 501 (PR), 523.6 (PR)
Total: 1289 (187 lb PR over the March meet 11 weeks ago)
Metal King Pro Deadlifter on order. Metal squat suit and Titan F6 in the bag. I plan to start training in them in a week after I recover from the meet. Gearwhoredom, here I come.
[quote]mcl wrote:
[quote]PeteS wrote:
great progress, you should nail 1250 next time. [/quote]
Did my best.
Went 9/9.
Squat: 374, 424 (PR), 451.9 (PR)
Bench: 264, 303 (PR), 314.2 (PR)
Deadlift: 457, 501 (PR), 523.6 (PR)
Total: 1289 (187 lb PR over the March meet 11 weeks ago)
Metal King Pro Deadlifter on order. Metal squat suit and Titan F6 in the bag. I plan to start training in them in a week after I recover from the meet. Gearwhoredom, here I come.[/quote]
WooHoo! Outstanding job!
Awesome work!!!