This last weekends powerlfiting Meet
The meet itself was a blast, well judged, with a number of good catches by spotters to make a safe meet.
Jason Centoni the meet promoter did a fantastic job! He had good quality trophys instead of the usual plastic junky ones. In addition he had gift certificates to go along with all the trophys given out. That was a great change up from normal meets, in having something of value to take away! I was also very impressed with the personal touch that Jason added to each and every lifter that received a trophy when he recognized them. The meet moved very quickly and smoothly. The meet was over awards presented and everything cleaned up and the equipment loaded in my trailer before 5pm.
Results
After getting red lighted for most of my squats for depth at the last couple meets I changed up my stance to allow for more depth. At this meet I was told I was going too deep by the judges, and teammates. Photo’s verified this as well. Unfortunatly my camera had to be setup funny to get over the top of the crowd…but oh well.
For some reason the Bench was a little different than what I’m used to and it really made me struggle on keeping my butt planted. I ended up having to do a last minute change up in my setup that really hampered me but allowed me to get a couple good benches in. I ended up doing my opener about 4-5 times as I had to practice the different setups in the back till I found one that worked.
I cut water weight the for weigh ins and made 220 right on the nose. Recomped and showed up the next day at 230lbs.
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Squat
760 good – using single ply ipf squatter
800 good
850 good – Changed to loose Canvas. grinder as I let one knee come in a hair in hole
900 miss – quick out of hole but lost balance at top of lift
Bench
500 good
550 good
600 miss
Deadlift
630 good
675 miss – bar whip caught me
675 good – damn easy
715 miss – bad setup with shoulders in front of bar
I totaled 2075 @ 220. I won Best Lifter and had the biggest lifts in the meet. I was happy with this total as leading up to the meet I had not been training heavy. With the weight loss none of my lifting gear fit and I had sold most of the gear I used to wear. Going into this meet I didn’t have any big plans and was just looking to keep in practice and have a good time. I was quite surprised to have retained all my strength after cutting 22lbs off in the last 3 months.
Other Stuff
They were close to not having a full power meet as the Monolift they had planned on using was sold. For some time I had been considering building a monolift of my own so I stepped up and built one for this meet. I also ended up supplying the bars and weights as well to the meet. This was difficult in finding the time to build it and I’m still lacking the space to hold it as its located in my driveway. Which makes for some classic training sessions
I did have a HUGELY positive response to the monolift design, features, and quality at the meet. I did a presentation at the end as I will be selling these lifts now. The presentation was recorded and I will get a video of it soon.
However with a Monolift in hand, as well as most everything else I need, I decided it was time to become a meet promoter myself. I have venues secured for two meets next year now. One on March 21st and the second on August 22nd. I only have to file the paperwork now.
In addition while I was at the meet I had the opportunity to spend some time with the head judge who was the state chairman for the APF/AAPF. We both come to the conclusion that it would be best if I took over this position as well. He will be endorsing me to take over his position, which should happen shortly.
