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The Miseducation of Jimbo Slice
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RUSTEDCORE wrote: »
I mean I hope you dont take this the wrong way but it looks like you are smaller than your average gym-enthusiastRUSTEDCORE wrote: »Though I still think you need a calf day
RUSTEDCORE wrote: »It helps avoid injury and he might even take more weight easilyRUSTEDCORE wrote: »stop jumping on the defend the Irish hercules bandwagon.RUSTEDCORE wrote: »so your division is up to 90?
you,ll weigh in at 90...go have a pizza and some apple juice and come back and compete at 100+.
Same happens in mma and other sports...its kind of cheating
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IPO National Powerlifting Championships 2013
Well... my first comp in over 3 years and I went 220/135/230 @ 90kg
Bit of an odd one really. In retrospect I guess I “trained” for it, but didn't “prepare” for it. Unless you've actually been on the platform you won't get the subtle difference.
I'm not sure if I had a 'mare of a day or what really. Here's how it went...
SQUATS
1st attempt: 200kg – miss on depth
2nd attempt: 220kg – miss on depth
3rd attempt: 220kg – got it
BENCH
1st attempt: 120kg – easy
2nd attempt: 125kg – easy
3rd attempt: 135kg – got it
DEADLIFT
1st attempt: 220kg – did not feel light
2nd attempt: 230kg – all good
3rd attempt: 245kg – attempting to save a 600kg total, missed it
Yah so funny oul day. The squats felt heavy from the start. Wasn't comfortable warming up for whatever reason and only really got into it on my last 180kg belted warm up. Dropped my opener from 220kg to 200kg to play it safe so I wouldn't f*ck up my first lift back and could attempt to go 9 for 9, and what happened... Yes – I royally f*cked it up. Got an absolute bollocking off the legend that is Ben Hartigan for being a wuss and based off the ease of my first attempt I went to 220kg for my second (back story: when I started training in Hercs in 2005 Ben threatened to “kick me up the arse” because I was cutting squats high and leaning too far forwards, I got a bollocking then, and got another one yesterday which was pretty much the same word for word, it's funny how the little things like that stick with you).
Messed up my second attempt as well (tried to bomb in and out fast so the judges wouldnt' have time to look too hard at depth and got kicked forward hard at the bottom and wasted my lower back saving it). So once again, I was left with a third attempt squat which I absolutely NEEDED to get to stay in the comp. That's happened too much recently. Anyway I got in, set up tight, sank it in and came out pretty easy. Big disappointment to be stuck with 220kg after how well training has gone, but you reap what you sow, and I wasn't properly prepared for the comp.
Benching was grand... dropped my opener to be safe, got it easy (120kg). Jumped to 125kg and smashed thru that well. And as an example of some of the worst picked attempts ever, I jumped 10kg on my last attempt to 135kg for my first ever 1.5x bodyweight raw comp bench (which is actually really lame).
Deadlifts were just sh*tty. I'd lost all interest at that stage and my training had fallen apart over the last couple of weeks too. Pulled a 220 opener and it was harder than it should have been. Got the 230kg a bit better and then went to 245kg in an attempt to save a 600kg total. And of course I missed it.
Considering I did 230/135/240 in the gym 8 weeks ago at 97kg I'm disappointed. The last week of prep has been a disaster from a prep standpoint for various reasons but ya know all that matters is what went down on the platform.
The comp was exceptionally well run and the IPO should be very proud of themselves. Consistent and strict judging, great spotters and loaders and the table staff kept everything running so smoothly. I know Hercs had a big part in the organisation of it and supplied the spotters, loaders and gear and it really is a credit to the gym.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again – but lifts performed on the platform are an ENTIRELY different proposition to those done in the gym, but the cool thing is that I have now set a legit baseline to fight against going forward.
Goals for the next 3 months? Get below 10% again and hold there for a while, get thru the Coan Bench Cycle and push my deadlift up.
Goals for the next 6 months? Squat 250kg, bench over 150kg and deadlift 260kg again.
Goals for the next year? 100Kg @ 10% body fat, and a 272.5kg+ squat, 150kg+ bench and whatever deadlift I need to breakthru a 700kg raw total.
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