akboom87
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All 3 look good, definitely had more in you on squat and deadlift for sure, bench maybe 205-210. Solid work brother! Awesome to see this come together!
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Dustin07
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I'm now officially insulted. Your top sets look like my 50% warm-up weights in terms of speed and power. I'm not sure how these could possibly be your legit 1RM, you are underselling yourself by a longshot!
Your squats clearly have 20-50lbs+.
Bench probably 20+
Deadlifts look like you're about half of what you can actually pull!
Also I really dig that singlet. I kept picturing red lol.
That deadlift though.... You're much stronger than you think!
Hyde
Legend
Congratulations on a great first meet! I’m glad to hear it was such a positive experience; I expected it would be. I also think you made good decisions for openers and throughout. You have the muscular potential to do more on your lower body lifts right now, but didn’t have enough training time to build skill or confidence with higher squat or deadlift weights yet. You have to believe you can really make the lift after all! You could probably make a 700 total with another 12 weeks of training, just getting more used to a bit heavier/consistent squat & deadlift training.
Your third attempts all looked really clean, and the setup, judging & spotting looked legit. I’m really glad they redlighted you for depth on your squat opener & told you what they needed from you - keeping the lifting to a standard is what separates a competition from gym lifting! You can be proud of all your work. I noticed they didn’t ask you to take your thumb loops off on bench, but that is the dumbest rule anyway & doesn’t help one bit. Just know in the future you will usually have to take the loops off.
Great work. I’m glad you got to experience the camaraderie that I’ve always seen at every contest. It’s a big part of what makes it so great, the push & adrenaline it all gives.
Your third attempts all looked really clean, and the setup, judging & spotting looked legit. I’m really glad they redlighted you for depth on your squat opener & told you what they needed from you - keeping the lifting to a standard is what separates a competition from gym lifting! You can be proud of all your work. I noticed they didn’t ask you to take your thumb loops off on bench, but that is the dumbest rule anyway & doesn’t help one bit. Just know in the future you will usually have to take the loops off.
Great work. I’m glad you got to experience the camaraderie that I’ve always seen at every contest. It’s a big part of what makes it so great, the push & adrenaline it all gives.
Segansational
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Yeah, a lot of this I think was based on what I had in my head coming in. Basically for bench I was thinking top set of between 195-205 if things went well, but I ended up splitting the difference.
Deads felt the best tbh. I agree I could've gone more aggressive if given another lift attempt - but a lot of this process and this meet was all about mentally overcoming my own personal limitations. Now that I know I can, I will!
That's what the judges basically told me coming off the meet.
Thanks Hyde, yes, the adrenaline was definitely flowing and I also know that contributed to my positive performance. Nothing quite like that environment to push you to your best!
I was actually surprised it lasted throughout the full meet (~4.5 hrs start to finish).
Segansational
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Back at it this morning.
Warm up routine.
Rotator cuff resistance band exercises.
Bench Press:
45x10
95x8
135x3x5
Keeping everything at roughly 65% volume for a deload this week. Just aiming to keep things moving.
Incline DB Press:
25x12
45x3x10
Resistance band flys:
20x3x10
1 hr 1 min, 168 cals.
Pre: 1 scoop Ryse Godzilla, 2.5 mg yo, 2 pumps L-carnitine gel, 3 soft gels NuligoXT, 2 caps Pepti-Plex, 1g Choline Citrate, 1g Vit C, 10g Collagen.
Intra: Same as usual, minus creatine since Ryse has it included.
Notes
Just working on deload volume this week with major lifts, and adding some more hypertophy movements I haven't practiced in a little bit. Will plan out a true program / next goal after this week concludes.
Warm up routine.
Rotator cuff resistance band exercises.
Bench Press:
45x10
95x8
135x3x5
Keeping everything at roughly 65% volume for a deload this week. Just aiming to keep things moving.
Incline DB Press:
25x12
45x3x10
Resistance band flys:
20x3x10
1 hr 1 min, 168 cals.
Pre: 1 scoop Ryse Godzilla, 2.5 mg yo, 2 pumps L-carnitine gel, 3 soft gels NuligoXT, 2 caps Pepti-Plex, 1g Choline Citrate, 1g Vit C, 10g Collagen.
Intra: Same as usual, minus creatine since Ryse has it included.
Notes
Just working on deload volume this week with major lifts, and adding some more hypertophy movements I haven't practiced in a little bit. Will plan out a true program / next goal after this week concludes.
Segansational
Well-known member
Another AM, another day up and at it. Just some short cardio today, 25:20 mins on the stationary bike, 111 cals. Used a little Raze energy shot + XPG Napalm Xtreme pre-WO.
Found out yesterday I didn't get the job. This one got to me pretty good, as I'm already doing half the job. Got another, "nothing specific, just went in another direction" again. I have a big deliverable in 2 weeks (another sprint to the finish), but then that's mostly it for the year. Going to get to the holidays and just focus on family and personal goals.
Found out yesterday I didn't get the job. This one got to me pretty good, as I'm already doing half the job. Got another, "nothing specific, just went in another direction" again. I have a big deliverable in 2 weeks (another sprint to the finish), but then that's mostly it for the year. Going to get to the holidays and just focus on family and personal goals.
akboom87
Well-known member
Dang man, sorry to hear that you didn’t land the position. Sounds like you are going to be winding down for the year and yeah holidays and family time and definitely personal goals!
Dustin07
Legend
On the one hand, I have found the old saying "when God closes a door he opens a window" to be insanely true. I remember praying with my ex when I was like 22yrs old, wanting a farm of my own one day. This occurred to me about a week or two ago as I was budgeting fence posts for the microhomestead my now wife and I are building. The incredibly wild ride my unconventional life has been, as a Christian who did get divorced, then remarried, to be in such an oddly blessed position now, with seemingly no reason. The Lord works in mysterious ways!
On the other hand, keep working on your powerlifting and then they'll have no choice but to just put you in whatever position you want, its the law.
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MrKleen73
Legend
Man, it sounds like you had an awesome meet. Congrats on hitting all of your target weights. Looking at these I feel you had a little more on the squat, maybe another 5-10lbs on bench, and easily 20-30 on deadlifts. I think if you tried you would have taken 255 judging by how fast it moved for you. All in all a great meet and it sounds like you had fun!
So curious where your mind is now regarding moving towards a BB show this year or focusing in on PL for a bit to see what kind of progress you can make. From here I think you could probably set at least a few PR's each meet for a couple of meets at least. So that could be A LOT OF FUN! Of course getting ripped to the gills, may not be as fun, being ripped to the gills is. So I can see you enjoying both paths. The part that wants to see you build on your success makes me hope you stick with PL for a little bit, but I also understand what it is like to feel you are being called to do something while the iron is hot like doing your BB show.
So curious where your mind is now regarding moving towards a BB show this year or focusing in on PL for a bit to see what kind of progress you can make. From here I think you could probably set at least a few PR's each meet for a couple of meets at least. So that could be A LOT OF FUN! Of course getting ripped to the gills, may not be as fun, being ripped to the gills is. So I can see you enjoying both paths. The part that wants to see you build on your success makes me hope you stick with PL for a little bit, but I also understand what it is like to feel you are being called to do something while the iron is hot like doing your BB show.
Dustin07
Legend
man I had all the same thoughts. do you think a PL focus with some level of discipline nutritionally would be a good way to enjoy a bit of a prolonged "bulking" style period to gain more mass in case he wanted to go BB later?
Being shredded is such a great feeling but I know for me, this chapter in life, its a hell of a lot easier to be at least a moderate surplus most of the time to feed strength vs trying to cut. The PL training can be more mentally taxing (for me), because there is this accountability I have to myself to Rx targets, but the nutrition is more relaxed and lifestyle friendly for a married dad in my experience.