I hit competition PRs on all three lifts, though not by much. My Powerlifting Total two years ago at the 100% RAW competition was 639.3#. Yesterday it was unofficially 650#, officially 645#. My grinded out my first squat, full of unhelpful adrenaline and looking down at the floor in front of me. The second squat was feeling way better, head up, and I was moving up when one of the spotters (there in case the bar started moving back DOWN) grabbed the bar for no reason and DQed my lift (hence the 645# total). The other girls were lifting well above 200, some over 300#! It was very inspiring. I WILL train that lift one of these days.
Bench press was painful, both lifts ugly as all heck. My right
shoulder hurt and I was told by more than one competitor that the judges
were having me hold the bar at the bottom for a particularly long time
before the "press" command. Oh, well. Thanks, Sara, for unloading the bar for me and helping me with the set-up.
Then came dead lift! Woohoo! My first attempt was second highest out of the five women, making me question my choice of 290#, but the lift felt great. Unlike for squat and bench, I love adrenaline for dead lift. I was shaking, I was so nervous. 310 felt great too. In 2014, I failed an attempt at 312, so this time I just went to 315. It felt great too. I wish I had gone higher, though I'm happy with the personal record. If we had a dead lift bar at our gym, I'd try to find that upper limit.
So, after all was said and done, I took 2nd out of the 3 of us in the 165# weight division. If the spotter hadn't DQed my squat, my total would have tied for third, though that woman weighed less than me, so I still would have been 4th out of 5. No matter, yesterday was a competition between me and the bar. I'm proud to have maintained my strength, with just a short 4 week Wendler program. I definitely don't recommend doing a powerlifting meet 7 days after a grappling tournament. I was feeling it for sure.
Then came dead lift! Woohoo! My first attempt was second highest out of the five women, making me question my choice of 290#, but the lift felt great. Unlike for squat and bench, I love adrenaline for dead lift. I was shaking, I was so nervous. 310 felt great too. In 2014, I failed an attempt at 312, so this time I just went to 315. It felt great too. I wish I had gone higher, though I'm happy with the personal record. If we had a dead lift bar at our gym, I'd try to find that upper limit.
So, after all was said and done, I took 2nd out of the 3 of us in the 165# weight division. If the spotter hadn't DQed my squat, my total would have tied for third, though that woman weighed less than me, so I still would have been 4th out of 5. No matter, yesterday was a competition between me and the bar. I'm proud to have maintained my strength, with just a short 4 week Wendler program. I definitely don't recommend doing a powerlifting meet 7 days after a grappling tournament. I was feeling it for sure.
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