Hey guys,
Competed in my first comp over the weekend. Was great fun!
What are your memories from your first comp?
NSW teenage titles 1971, went 72.5,60,87.5, weighing 65 (the snatch was a PS) was just 17, great comp, got third, and you don’t want to know what the winners lifted
think Whitton who got 2nd had a 120 jerk off racks
the kid who won was good though, I was showered and in the audience watching when he lifted
also had a 56kg guy named Hedges who C & J around 115, good days, became a training partner, was a good way to make you train hard and keep ego in check ( always try and train with someone better)
glad to see you are enjoying it, I am back in the M/60 next year chasing some paper so may see you around
which club are you in
[quote]Terry Gibbs wrote:
NSW teenage titles 1971, went 72.5,60,87.5, weighing 65 (the snatch was a PS) was just 17, great comp, got third, and you don’t want to know what the winners lifted
think Whitton who got 2nd had a 120 jerk off racks
the kid who won was good though, I was showered and in the audience watching when he lifted
also had a 56kg guy named Hedges who C & J around 115, good days, became a training partner, was a good way to make you train hard and keep ego in check ( always try and train with someone better)
glad to see you are enjoying it, I am back in the M/60 next year chasing some paper so may see you around
which club are you in
[/quote]
Sounds great!
I completely agree about training with people better than you.
I lift at Burwood.
I remember very little about my first comp, I was so nervous!
I do remember that I was drug tested, probably because I’d not long stopped bodybuilding and still looked pretty stacked. Over the last 7-years the testers have realised that I’m so crap at lifting there is little point in testing me further.
BTW, those are lovely jerks, shame about the feet on the second lift. I’ve seen hundreds of similar lifts passed
[quote]Weighty1 wrote:
I remember very little about my first comp, I was so nervous!
I do remember that I was drug tested, probably because I’d not long stopped bodybuilding and still looked pretty stacked. Over the last 7-years the testers have realised that I’m so crap at lifting there is little point in testing me further.
BTW, those are lovely jerks, shame about the feet on the second lift. I’ve seen hundreds of similar lifts passed
[/quote]
In regards to the feet, not on my watch! Looks like the OP dropped it early and didn’t get the buzzer?
I was 15.5, had about 2 weeks training and did 35 45 in the 77s. I think I only managed 2/6 lifts LOL had terrible techique. The 2/6 has come a pattern with my lifting 15yrs later and about 58 competitions.
Some good lifts OP. What was the bw at?
Koing
Tys, assume Doc is still there, I did about four months there back in 2009 training for World masters
oh and I was there when the original floor was torn up back in 1972. We broke several axes, and sledge hammers, and eventually broke it up with a 5 foot small diameter lifting bar punching holes in the boards and a saw cutting through after the hole was made, I was one of the crow bar guys who did the rest
that concrete is metres thick
we all turned up that morning to train, and found we had a day long GPP workout instead
nice to meet you, I hope to meet you next year sometime
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]Weighty1 wrote:
I remember very little about my first comp, I was so nervous!
I do remember that I was drug tested, probably because I’d not long stopped bodybuilding and still looked pretty stacked. Over the last 7-years the testers have realised that I’m so crap at lifting there is little point in testing me further.
BTW, those are lovely jerks, shame about the feet on the second lift. I’ve seen hundreds of similar lifts passed
[/quote]
In regards to the feet, not on my watch! Looks like the OP dropped it early and didn’t get the buzzer?
I was 15.5, had about 2 weeks training and did 35 45 in the 77s. I think I only managed 2/6 lifts LOL had terrible techique. The 2/6 has come a pattern with my lifting 15yrs later and about 58 competitions.
Some good lifts OP. What was the bw at?
Koing[/quote]
Yeah, I dropped it but wouldn’t say it was early. I thought I was holding it long enough and because it was my first competition didn’t know the buzzer represented a successful lift, so from my perspective there was no need to hold it any longer.
Not sure what OP means, what does it mean? BW was 81.23kg
[quote]Terry Gibbs wrote:
Tys, assume Doc is still there, I did about four months there back in 2009 training for World masters
oh and I was there when the original floor was torn up back in 1972. We broke several axes, and sledge hammers, and eventually broke it up with a 5 foot small diameter lifting bar punching holes in the boards and a saw cutting through after the hole was made, I was one of the crow bar guys who did the rest
that concrete is metres thick
we all turned up that morning to train, and found we had a day long GPP workout instead
nice to meet you, I hope to meet you next year sometime[/quote]
Yeah he’s still there 
That sounds like a tough job taking up the floor!
[quote]Terry Gibbs wrote:
Tys, assume Doc is still there, I did about four months there back in 2009 training for World masters
oh and I was there when the original floor was torn up back in 1972. We broke several axes, and sledge hammers, and eventually broke it up with a 5 foot small diameter lifting bar punching holes in the boards and a saw cutting through after the hole was made, I was one of the crow bar guys who did the rest
that concrete is metres thick
we all turned up that morning to train, and found we had a day long GPP workout instead
nice to meet you, I hope to meet you next year sometime[/quote]
lol sounds brutal.
We had to move equipment and rubber mats (really f0cking heavy ones!) to a new hall and there was 5 of us. I was so smashed it was unreal. We had trained but we were roped in to doing it at the end. Everyone was wrecked 
Koing
[quote]Tys wrote:
[quote]Koing wrote:
[quote]Weighty1 wrote:
I remember very little about my first comp, I was so nervous!
I do remember that I was drug tested, probably because I’d not long stopped bodybuilding and still looked pretty stacked. Over the last 7-years the testers have realised that I’m so crap at lifting there is little point in testing me further.
BTW, those are lovely jerks, shame about the feet on the second lift. I’ve seen hundreds of similar lifts passed
[/quote]
In regards to the feet, not on my watch! Looks like the OP dropped it early and didn’t get the buzzer?
I was 15.5, had about 2 weeks training and did 35 45 in the 77s. I think I only managed 2/6 lifts LOL had terrible techique. The 2/6 has come a pattern with my lifting 15yrs later and about 58 competitions.
Some good lifts OP. What was the bw at?
Koing[/quote]
Yeah, I dropped it but wouldn’t say it was early. I thought I was holding it long enough and because it was my first competition didn’t know the buzzer represented a successful lift, so from my perspective there was no need to hold it any longer.
Not sure what OP means, what does it mean? BW was 81.23kg [/quote]
It was early if you didn’t wait for the down signal or buzzer. Not every comp will have an electronic lights system and buzzer. It doesn’t matter what you think, only if you did it before or after the down signal. Feet have to be inline before the center ref will give the down signal. I have waited for the lifter to do so at comps.
OP = Original Poster.
I’d say at least 1 in 10 new lifters will drop early in their first comp or so.
Koing
It was 2013. I was 16. Had only done 4-5 weightlifting sessions before, but I was talked into the comp. to fill out the team.
Did 40-45-50 and 55-60-65 if I don’t recall wrong. I had barely gotten a snatch in training before the comp., so I was extremely nervous. Adrenaline pushed me through it though.
Mine was back in April of 09. I’d been training the olympic lifts specifically for a couple of months, was still just doing the power versions, went 100/105/110 in the snatch and 130/135/140 in the clean and jerk for a couple of PRs. I actually think I made a thread on here about it but I’m too lazy to look it up. Had a woman who has competed internationally for Canada running my warmups so that was kind of cool. Kind of the official event that marked my transition from wrestling to weightlifting.
[quote]Tys wrote:
Yeah, I dropped it but wouldn’t say it was early. I thought I was holding it long enough and because it was my first competition didn’t know the buzzer represented a successful lift, so from my perspective there was no need to hold it any longer.
Not sure what OP means, what does it mean? BW was 81.23kg [/quote]
If the buzzer hasn’t gone yet and you dropped it, then you dropped it early. Doesn’t matter how long the judges make you hold it. The fact that you weren’t aware of this also doesn’t change the fact that it was early. But, you learn and move on. Just don’t make the same mistake twice. Hell, I just learned a week ago that if you’re taping your thumbs the tape can’t cover the tips of your fingers (the official wording is that the tape on your fingers must not protrude in front of the fingertips). Had to rip my tape off and do it over again while warming up at nationals.
And technically, the buzzer doesn’t indicate a successful lift, it goes off when at least two out of the three judges have indicated the same score. I’ve had the buzzer go off on me when I was still stabilizing a jerk because I pressed it out and the judges immediately failed the lift. You can still finish the lift at that point and hope that the jury will overturn the judges decision, but that’s a longshot.
@Koing and TheJonty: Yeah, I understand what you mean by early, I agree with you. What I thought Koing meant was that I dropped it before I had control of the weight.
@TheJonty: Those are big weights for first comp and the fact you powered them means you could do a lot more! Did you get any shit for doing power movements in competition?
@Drenmi: I think it’s a good thing you competed. The more experience you get competing the better
[quote]TheJonty wrote:
[quote]Tys wrote:
Yeah, I dropped it but wouldn’t say it was early. I thought I was holding it long enough and because it was my first competition didn’t know the buzzer represented a successful lift, so from my perspective there was no need to hold it any longer.
Not sure what OP means, what does it mean? BW was 81.23kg [/quote]
If the buzzer hasn’t gone yet and you dropped it, then you dropped it early. Doesn’t matter how long the judges make you hold it. The fact that you weren’t aware of this also doesn’t change the fact that it was early. But, you learn and move on. Just don’t make the same mistake twice. Hell, I just learned a week ago that if you’re taping your thumbs the tape can’t cover the tips of your fingers (the official wording is that the tape on your fingers must not protrude in front of the fingertips). Had to rip my tape off and do it over again while warming up at nationals.
And technically, the buzzer doesn’t indicate a successful lift, it goes off when at least two out of the three judges have indicated the same score. I’ve had the buzzer go off on me when I was still stabilizing a jerk because I pressed it out and the judges immediately failed the lift. You can still finish the lift at that point and hope that the jury will overturn the judges decision, but that’s a longshot.[/quote]
I knew about the tape thing. My coach told me about that about 14yrs ago lol. I stopped using tape on my thumbs about 9yrs ago?
Tys, no one cares if a lifter powers them. It usually signifies a new lifter or an injured lifter. Bro did it at the English as he is injured. There aren’t that many weightlifters kicking about so most are friendly towards one another.
Koing
[quote]Tys wrote:
@TheJonty: Those are big weights for first comp and the fact you powered them means you could do a lot more! Did you get any shit for doing power movements in competition?[/quote]
Yeah, that was a few years back, and I’ve done a decent bit more since then. I was also 21 and had been training pretty hard for wrestling for a few years, and even when wrestling I was more of a strength/power athlete than an endurance guy. Love lifting weights, hate running.
Like Koing said, nobody really cares if you do power movements in competition. There’s no rule against it. My experience also mirrors his in that most lifters tend to be pretty friendly towards one another.
Had no idea you also trained the Olympic lifts, thought you were just an advanced calisthenics/gymnastics guy.
I am a former Olympic lifter turned advanced calisthenics/gymnastics trainee.
1st meet was in the 77kg division (weighed in at 75.8). I was self-coached and went 6 for 6. Top snatch was 82.5, top clean/jerk was 110. Got 1st place. Then again the competition wasn’t that great in the 77kg division in that particular meet.
I’ll admit I enjoyed the lifts and training but never really enjoyed competing and never felt a rush or any excitement while on the competitive platform which I did over the course of 4 years.
[quote]In10s wrote:
Had no idea you also trained the Olympic lifts, thought you were just an advanced calisthenics/gymnastics guy.[/quote]
Was this directed at me? Do I know you? The Yukon, hmmm . . .
[quote]TheJonty wrote:
[quote]In10s wrote:
Had no idea you also trained the Olympic lifts, thought you were just an advanced calisthenics/gymnastics guy.[/quote]
Was this directed at me? Do I know you? The Yukon, hmmm . . . [/quote]
Nope. Comments were directed at Tys. He’s posted gymnastics/advanced calisthenics tutorials over on the conditioning forum which I’ve commented on extensively.
[quote]In10s wrote:
Had no idea you also trained the Olympic lifts, thought you were just an advanced calisthenics/gymnastics guy.
I am a former Olympic lifter turned advanced calisthenics/gymnastics trainee.
1st meet was in the 77kg division (weighed in at 75.8). I was self-coached and went 6 for 6. Top snatch was 82.5, top clean/jerk was 110. Got 1st place. Then again the competition wasn’t that great in the 77kg division in that particular meet.
I’ll admit I enjoyed the lifts and training but never really enjoyed competing and never felt a rush or any excitement while on the competitive platform which I did over the course of 4 years.[/quote]
Yeah, try to train them both evenly. I’m pretty busy at the moment with both movements. Recently started a (mainly bodyweight) workout series called ‘STRONGER!’ that will be going for the next several weeks, training every second day and then I am also training for weightlifting nationals on the 11th July!
Nice going at your first comp btw Over the four years roughly how many competitions did you enter and by how much did your lifts increase?