[quote]novaeer wrote:
Meet Report
First State Power Frenzy
New Castle, DE
Reported to the meet location this morning and expected to be around 230ish, but to my surprise I weighed 223.5. I thought the scale was off, but the meet director said it was super accurate because he had an official 100Kg brick from the US Dept of Agriculture that registers a weight of 220.56 lbs. I took everything off except for my underwear and it registered 222.5; walked around and took a couple of leaks and managed to squeak in at exactly 220.5. Ran to McDonald’s and had breakfast right afterward to add back a couple of pounds, but mainly 'cause I was hungry.
On to the meet. There were not a lot of full power meet lifters, so they jammed all of us into one flight (about 15 people, I think). The warm-up room was a bit of a cluster-fuck. It was nice that they had a monolift to use, but there was no room to put on your equipment and people were running into each other. Scott Yard from EFS was there, which was kind of cool, helping his buddy Aaron Utermahlen (also a huge guy). Anyway, managed to get the warm-ups in just in time and the last w/u felt like an empty bar.
Attempts
1st 505 Good (Absolutely killed it, I’m in the meet)
2nd 555 Good (Also Smoked it, 10# PR)
3rd 600 No good 
- bar rolled a little in the hole, caused me to lose arch; once that happened didn’t have a prayer. The weight did feel light on my shoulders and if not for the bar slippage, I’m confident that I would have nailed it.
They split up the bench flights with the bench only people going solo and the full power folk in another, so we got a much-needed break, since the squat rotation was so tight. Nothing out of the ordinary with the warm-ups, so fast forward to the actual lifting.
Attempts
1st 385 Good (Could have done it in my sleep, still in it)
2nd 415 Good (Killed it, 10# PR)
3rd 450 No good - Went for a big PR here and I almost got it. When I took the hand-off, the weight felt like 225. I brought it down to my chest and waited for the press signal. The weight flew up and then about 3-4 inches from lockout the bar drifted back toward the rack and I lost it. Spotters were great and grabbed it. Damn it, so close!!!
Deadlift flight was huge, all full power and push/pull people put together, but thankfully warm-ups went much smoother this time.
Attempts
1st 475 Good (Like a warm-up)
2nd 500 Good (Also easy)
3rd 550 No good - Bear with me on this one. I know I made a big jump between 2 and 3, but my handler saw how easy 500 went up and he figured at least 50 more was possible. I thought about playing it safe and going for 530, which would’ve been a 5# PR, but figured I have more meets to participate in down the line. The bar flew off the floor, but my hips got a little high and ~2 inches before lockout I hit a wall. I could have held the bar there all day - it wasn’t going to budge. I’ll post a picture that my wife took to show where I missed. When I saw it I was pissed even more.
Total: 1470 lbs. @ 220.5 BW; First place in weight class…out of 1 lifter. I figure the technical stuff cost me 85 lbs, and on a good day I definitely would have reached 1600 for a total. There were 4 or 5 lifters in the 242s, so that class was a lot more competitive. Overall, I had a great time, saw some big lifts, everybody I talked to was nice and helped when you asked for it. Judging was pretty good, but there were a few that left you scratching your head.
My lower back is fried right now, blood vessels around my eyes popped (I look like I was in a bar fight and lost), and I’ve got equipment-induced bruises all over my chest and arms, but I can’t wait to start my next training cycle. With the right focus on my weak points, I feel I can get my total to 1650 by the next meet.[/quote]
Great work bro, damn fine PR’s and great write up
Phill
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