[quote]242elite wrote:
My thoughts:
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You said thats the first time in over three years you have failed to come up with a squat, well it’s also the lightest you have weighed in 3 years.
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That 550 is a monkey on both our backs in full meets, I think we should get rid of it this year.
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The Dl is the only thing that surprised me. Normally weight loss, especially fat loss does not effect the dl much. Seeing how lean you were (for you, HEHE) I thought you were going to PR the DL. I’ve been watching all the fatbar work, so I knew the grip was there. Maybe a nutrition or sleep thing leading up to the meet?
anyway 1755@220 is no joke, especially with the way they judge.
Onto the NASA meet yesterday.
Terry bombed the squat, opened with 525 and they called depth (he was an inch below). We figured we would go 560 to help get depth, but it was just to much for him at the depth they wanted and he missed it twice. They let him enter the push-pull.
325, 3w
350, 3w
380, 3w (40lb NASA PR)
deadlift
425 3w
463 3w
475 3w
He ended up taking 1st place in the push-pull and setting the push-pull record, so the day ended ok. Terry said thanks for the shirt advice, it worked very well, and the advice you gave him about keeping his ass down worked perfectly.
Brad (the pilot I introduced you to) had a great day.
all unequipped
Squat
385 3w
425 3w
457.5 3w (the most he has ever done, by 30 lbs)
Bench
325 3w
367.5 3w
385 miss
DL
490 3w
512.5 3w
550 miss
Brad set the American record in the deadlift and the total in his first meet ever.
I ended up lifting off for at least 10 people and I’m wiped out today, that and wrapping kness, I feel like I competed, LOL…
Talk to ya soon, Jeff[/quote]
Jeff,
Quite simply, my squat and DL feed off my raw squat. Hitting perfect depth for the squat and grip issues in the DL are the failure points, but my raw squat drives everything, and for a few reasons it was down.
Bodyweight had little to do with it. Some numbers. Before my two 728 misses in Miami (i need to show you the video, every time i watch i throw up a little in my mouth when the red lights come on)i had done 545x3 raw in both squat and DL. That is about 615 raw for 1, and so with suit and wraps adding 115 you get 730.
My best this cycle, only doing two 4 week minicycles was 495x3. That is about 560 raw. 560+115=675. 675 was a grinder. 700 didn’t bury me, i hit the up switch and was coming out of the bottom and it stopped. Judges gave me no credit for an excellent isometric bottom squat!
BP i just didn’t take enough weight in the Katana. I knew from training it would take 555-565 to touch, but i got cute and then didn’t really squeeze the elbows in at the bottom. DL was same as squat, not enough work. My penalty was i missed out on 3rd place BL cash by 2 schwarz Coefficient points. Deservedly.
So here is plan:
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Get raw squat and DL back over 545x3 to 565x3.
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Keep on benching with what i am doing.
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Run PRT in 4 weeks, maybe shirtless to show off my abs, if the the fishbelly whiteness doesn’t blind anybody…
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Will do Biggest Bench on River north of Baton Rouge on May 5 at around 230ish.
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Another USAPL full power meet in Hattiesburg in August. Wt Class TBD.
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Maybe get one of those thigh metal constrictors like in Davinci Code, it will hurt less than IT bands or rolling one out with a foam roller or ART treatment!
Tell Terry and Brad nice job and get back to work!
Will call you.
jack
