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Today was fucking atrocious. I extremely disappointed.
I went 4/9 with no PRs and a worse total then my first PLing meet in April (by 5.6 pounds).
I felt like shit today. But, no excuses – I was not strong enough.
Squat:
I opened with the squat with 217.5kg (479.5 pounds). The bar was uneven on my shoulders to start. I muscled it up, but it was way too heavy.
The original plan was to hit a small PR on the second, but since the weight was moving too slow I decided to go with 230 kg (507.1) on my second. I had a terrible walk out, but I got this attempt. It was really hard, but I got 3 white lights.
The third attempt I went to 235 kg (518.1). I came out of the hole fine, but my back started to round on the way up, and I lost it. I said “fuck” when I missed it, and the judge got pissed at me.
I knew I was in trouble today on the first attempt.
Bench:
I opened with 130 kg (286.6). I was told that it went up fast, but it would have had to give it a 9.5 on the RTS scale.
My second attempt was at 137.5kg (303.1). I lost tightness on the bottom and was fucked.
My third attempt was the same 137.5kg. I tried to stay tight on the bottom, but I failed. I also pulled my right hamstring on this attempt. I felt a big painful stretch, which was followed by a big cramp.
Impression: This was really disappointing. I got 135 (297.6) without any problem in my first meet, and I put up 305 easily in the in-house meet.
I spend a bunch of time stretching before deads.
Deads:
My deadlift was sucked. My hamstring was bother me during the warm-ups, but I it did not affect any on my pulls.
The plan was to go 460/505/515-520.
I opened at 210 kg (463). I got 2 whites and one red (I have no idea why). I would give this a 9.7 on the RTS.
My second attempt was at 220kg (485). I got stuck at the knees. This was just a shitty attempt and by far the worst of all of the attempts. I knew things where going terrible and I spent way to much time over the bar. I also had my hips way too low, which did not help. I help on as long as I could, and then put the bar down.
My third attempt was a 220kg again. This was my best deadlift effort, and mechanically the best attempt. I really did not matter. I got it up the knees really fast, but I could not lock it out. If I pulled this way on my second, I would have gotten it up; I would have probably been red-lighted for a slight hitch anyway.
What the fuck was wrong with me? I don’t know. I was not 100% today. I went out and had about 4 beers on Friday, which may have been a contributing factor. I feel like I’m getting sick (I had a splitting headache, and the shits since yesterday). I woke up today with a headache. It does not matter; I was not strong enough.
My failure was pretty sad. My goal was to break 1350 (525/315/515). I totaled 1256.7.
I have two weakness that must be addressed, and manifested themselves in my lifts (regardless of how I lifted today).
First, I need to fix the bottom end of my bench press. I’m losing tightness at the bottom. I thinking I need to do some heavy db pressing.
Second, I must develop a stronger upper back. I’m missing my pulls right at the knees, and I missed the squat today because of my weak ass back. I need to work on heavy rows, rack pulls, etc.
Anyway – thanks for everyone support. It means a lot.
I only have a few videos (2 squats and one bench). The person who was supposed to work the camera could not make it last minute. I’ll put them up later. I ordered a DVD of the day. When I get it, you can all watch my entire failure/train-wreck.
I’ll take a few days off and get back at it again. I’m going to do another meet in Dec., and my goal is to break 1400.
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Last edited by enright3060 : 07-27-2008 at 08:10 PM.
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