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the napalm detroit barbell experience...

Torobestia said:
Reach for an attainable squat number, and aim for the fences with the bench and deadlift.
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That's what I'm thinking

~355
275
425 = ~1045-1055

Watch, I'll do better at this one w no forethought than I did at meets I trained 5-6 months for...
 
napalm said:
Watch, I'll do better at this one w no forethought than I did at meets I trained 5-6 months for...
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That's because the good folks down at Detroit Barbell are circumventing the ol' Napalm mindfück. You're gonna kill it, just go 9-for-9 and listen to your body.
 
Entry fee paid.

Talked my attempts over w my training partners and the consensus is:

315/335/350-355
235/255/265-270
385/405/420-425

That adds up to 1035-1050

JJ asked me if I was using wraps and I said I've never had them on. Told me 30-50 lbs w them, and to try them in warmup. He said they don't interfere getting down.

I'll give it a go, if I got 20 lbs, that'd be sweet...
 
napalm said:
Entry fee paid.

Talked my attempts over w my training partners and the consensus is:

315/335/350-355
235/255/265-270
385/405/420-425

That adds up to 1035-1050

JJ asked me if I was using wraps and I said I've never had them on. Told me 30-50 lbs w them, and to try them in warmup. He said they don't interfere getting down.

I'll give it a go, if I got 20 lbs, that'd be sweet...
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This is great bro! I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do. Good luck!
 
napalm said:
Entry fee paid. Talked my attempts over w my training partners and the consensus is: 315/335/350-355 235/255/265-270 385/405/420-425 That adds up to 1035-1050 JJ asked me if I was using wraps and I said I've never had them on. Told me 30-50 lbs w them, and to try them in warmup. He said they don't interfere getting down. I'll give it a go, if I got 20 lbs, that'd be sweet...
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Let it rip, for all us geezers, my man. Look fwd to the report! Best of luck. Kill it!
 
napalm said:
Entry fee paid. Talked my attempts over w my training partners and the consensus is: 315/335/350-355 235/255/265-270 385/405/420-425 That adds up to 1035-1050 JJ asked me if I was using wraps and I said I've never had them on. Told me 30-50 lbs w them, and to try them in warmup. He said they don't interfere getting down. I'll give it a go, if I got 20 lbs, that'd be sweet...
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Nationals in Texas?
 
Did you lift something heavy yet? Or still just talking about it!?
 
body weight = 192 right now, :(

plan on eating a lot tomorrow, prolly rice and ground beef all day and drinking >gallon of water.

prolly will be ~194 at weigh in...
 
ok, so i was wrong, it's woodhaven high school.

just got done packing detroit barbell into a moving van and taking it to the site

i'm opening w 325/240/385, squat and bench might be a little aggressive of an opener. if they feel good, it might work out.

weighed in at 197 after stuffing my face all day

<---eating pizza/wings and going to bed...
 
I'll be on an airplane all day tomorrow but I look forward to getting off it and seeing you smash it up. Good luck brother!!
 
As long as you are feeling healthy I think the openers look good in case your feeling it you have some room to go with it.
 
Swanson52 said:
Good luck buddy. I'll follow along.
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thanks brother, i'll update when i can. my kid will be taking vids. wifey is working

rob112 said:
As long as you are feeling healthy I think the openers look good in case your feeling it you have some room to go with it.
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thanks big shot, i'm about as healthy as i have been in a while. time to game test the achilles.

Sean1332 said:
I'll be on an airplane all day tomorrow but I look forward to getting off it and seeing you smash it up. Good luck brother!!
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thanks buddy, got the package today, it'll be meet tested tomorrow. thanks again!
 
You're good for those openers all day and then some. Time to make it happen!
 
napalm said:
ok, so i was wrong, it's woodhaven high school.

just got done packing detroit barbell into a moving van and taking it to the site

i'm opening w 325/240/385, squat and bench might be a little aggressive of an opener. if they feel good, it might work out.

weighed in at 197 after stuffing my face all day

<---eating pizza/wings and going to bed...
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Good luck!!!! You got this easy man. Kill it 3/3.
 
30 pounds left on the bar! And exceeded your goal. Nice skqatting.
 
I paid $8 for wifi on the airplane so I could check your thread. Thanks for making my $8 worth it!

Good job, Napalm!
 
Hey man, congrats on the squat coming back up, that sucks on the bench(what was going on?), and stinks you had an error on deads, but you finished strong. Good work buddy!
 
ok, vids then comments. my openers were nothing special so we won't bother with those - except my opener dl sucked, but i'm gonna forget that ever happened.

last squat, 365. i easily left 30 on the bar. good test for the achilles. looking at this again, it looks like an opener.

[video=youtube;aS3Lu3ds3OY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS3Lu3ds3OY[/video]
 
last bench, 270. i really thought i had this in the bag, this makes me sad. opened w 240 and i almost threw it off my chest.

all i had to do was lock it out. left shoulder wasn't cooperating. i got yelled at by clay.

[video=youtube;WdqxtjnG4KE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdqxtjnG4KE[/video]
 
That squat was EASY man. Sorry about the bench/shoulder, stuff happens. Come back after it even harder and better next time.
 
last deadlift, 425. missed my stupid opener because i totally jumped tony's down command.

it was at this point i was pissed. i've never missed 3 lifts in a row. my second was 405 and i almost tossed it over my head it was so fast. pay attention to shane behind me (he got >1500 raw in his first meet, just started at db). he knew i was pissed, was psyching my up, slapped me so hard on the back it felt like i was gonna fall on my face, wouldn't that have been precious.
[video=youtube;tDjiDVWPdzo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDjiDVWPdzo[/video]
 
thoughts,

man, i never had my head in the game today. i was confused all day. yesterday jj told me to take a couple warmups w knee wraps, but warmups didn't really turn out that way. there were 20 guys to a flight, and only our two monos in the warmup area. i took my opener (325) w no wraps and smoked it. when i came off, clay said he wants me to have a light wrap. i'm like, i've never had a wrap on and now my second is gonna be w one. tbh, i don't even remember the 340, but jj said it flew up. clay told me at least 365 for my third. i was like, i came into this as a tune up for the achilles, and wasn't planning on pushing it. i woulda been happy w 355. well, after looking at the film, today was the day i had 4 plates in me. the 365 looked like a warm up, and the judges told me so.

bench, the number in my head today going in was 265. opener flew off my chest and i think i made a tactical error here, that started yesterday. thursday, i had planned on opening w 235, but went w 240 when jj asked what it was gonna be yesterday. i got a little cocky i think, yeah, 5 lbs, but i think that 5 lbs cost me 15 today benching. if i woulda opened w 235, my second woulda been 260-265, and i.........would.......like......to think i woulda got 260.

i would like to point out that after i missed my last two attempts, jj came up to me and (jokingly) said "don't embarrass my gym."

so what do i do?

deadlift, god i'm stupid. i was really running a little hot after missing 2 bench attempts in a row, RAN up to the bar, ripped it up and it was like sunday at the gym, i paid no attention to tony's down command and looked like an ass.

at this point, i just went off by myself for a few, came back and could have bit a nail in half i was so pissed. shane said he saw the look on my face and just grabbed me by the head, and said just do it. i stuck to the plan and took 405 for my second and it was perfect. here i wish i woulda took a minute and looked at some film, but i was still pretty pissed. stuck to the plan and went w 425 for the third, but i'm pretty sure i left at least 10 on the bar.

in the end, i easily left ~30 for my squat, and ~10 for the deadlift. w/o my tactical error on my bench, there's another ~10 lbs

what could have been...
 
Cant live in the ifs and couldas, man. Besides on the bench, ur foot came off which is a red in any feds. Thank your shoulder for sucking cus red lighting for dumb shít like a foot moving is infuriating.

Anyways nice job at the meet. Killed the squat and bench - really impressed. Now this is or isnt the meet to qualify for worlds?
 
Torobestia said:
Cant live in the ifs and couldas, man. Besides on the bench, ur foot came off which is a red in any feds. Thank your shoulder for sucking cus red lighting for dumb shít like a foot moving is infuriating.

Anyways nice job at the meet. Killed the squat and deadlift - really impressed. Now this is or isnt the meet to qualify for worlds?
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fixed, txs buddy, the bench mistake was made yesterday...

i have another problem: i thought i could go to apf senior nationals, but tony (judge) said there's a qual total, and looking at last year, i don't have it. the problem is i'm going to the philippines, will come back and have one training week before apf masters nats may 31 in texas.

we shall see, but it looks like i'm going to texas again...

clay said this was a bad idea w only one week (i'll lose 10 lbs from the jungle), but it looks like i'm going to texas for masters nats anyway
 
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