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Posted: **Wed Feb 02, 2022 3:29 pm**

JohnHelton wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:52 am I decided to join the party. I signed up for the following meet:

2nd Annual Heart of Texas USA Powerlifting Meet
Waco, TX
4/30/22

This should keep me focused on strength.

Nice.

Good training to you.

Posted: **Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:49 pm**

JohnHelton wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:52 am I decided to join the party. I signed up for the following meet:

2nd Annual Heart of Texas USA Powerlifting Meet
Waco, TX
4/30/22

This should keep me focused on strength.

I see a big total in your future...

Posted: **Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:02 am**

@Wilhelm @gymdad150 Thanks, guys. It is interesting how just signing up for a meet can change how you think about training.

Posted: **Mon Feb 07, 2022 4:24 pm**

gymdad150 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:49 pm
JohnHelton wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 4:52 am I decided to join the party. I signed up for the following meet:

2nd Annual Heart of Texas USA Powerlifting Meet
Waco, TX
4/30/22

This should keep me focused on strength.
I see a big total in your future...

Good luck to you John. My meet will be the day after yours!

Posted: **Sat Mar 26, 2022 8:05 pm**

Matched best squat and deadlift, got a 2.5kg meet best bench.
Meh. Improved my total anyway.

Also won $100 cash, and a $100 certificate to a supplement store.
Gonna buy my wife more isolate with it.
And a super nice fabric banner for best masters lifter.

Three meets in less than a year.
Not doing another until at least November.

This moved way too easily.
227.5kg was almost certainly there today.

I had missed my 3rd squat, and my 3rd bench, on top of less than 2.5 hours sleep and the drive down, i was not in a very trusting mood.
Went for the safe move to ensure an increased total.
I think my objective awareness was not great at this point.
Oh well, next time.
(graphic is wrong lifter. 222.5kg)

Posted: **Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:51 pm**

Wilhelm wrote: ↑Sat Mar 26, 2022 8:05 pm Matched best squat and deadlift, got a 2.5kg meet best bench.
Meh. Improved my total anyway.

Also won $100 cash, and a $100 certificate to a supplement store.
Gonna buy my wife more isolate with it.
And a super nice fabric banner for best masters lifter.

Three meets in less than a year.
Not doing another until at least November.

This moved way too easily.
227.5kg was almost certainly there today.

I had missed my 3rd squat, and my 3rd bench, on top of less than 2.5 hours sleep and the drive down, i was not in a very trusting mood.
Went for the safe move to ensure an increased total.
I think my objective awareness was not great at this point.
Oh well, next time.
(graphic is wrong lifter. 222.5kg)

Great job man. You way undershot on the DL, but 2.5 hours sleep is almost worse than none sometimes. I think 230 would have been a safe number there, based on how that moved.

Posted: **Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:31 am**

Hardartery wrote: ↑Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:51 pm
Great job man. You way undershot on the DL, but 2.5 hours sleep is almost worse than none sometimes. I think 230 would have been a safe number there, based on how that moved.

Thanks, H

Not going to bed way earlier than whatever normal schedule i'm on is advisable.
I'm sure i would have gotten more sleep if i had just stayed up to my normal time.

Even though i couldn't lift 490 the last heavy DL training day, that clearly wasn't really relevant.
My 9 days out last heavy DL scheme has never let me down.
I need to remember that even (or especially) on a meet day like this one.

30+ weeks till next meet.
Starting in again with bench Saturday, and will pull 405 tomorrow just to get cued up for the start of the DL blocks in a week.

Posted: **Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:12 pm**

Today's meet was a qualified success...

I came into the meet feeling pretty good about all my lifts, and training has been as good as I could have hoped for.

Weighed in at 95.8kg, a little short on sleep, but well fed, and well hydrated.

Squats warmed up nicely. Opened at 145kg, and hit it with relative ease. Then things went sideways...on my Second at 157.5kg, I blackout coming up out of the hole. My third attempt ran into the same issue. I haven't had this problem for years, and it showed up today in successive lifts. Color me worried, bordering on scared.

After a profane pity party (held in my car), I came back to face an uncertain fate.

We warmed up Bench extremely conservatively, if this blackout issue was going to continue, it would really show up here...it didn't. Smoked every attempt, hitting 95kg on my third, and had I not had the "problem", 97.5kg was there for the taking.

So buoyed with a bit of confidence, we decided to be as committed as we could, to as big a pull as we could safely muster. 185 / 200 / 215 BOOM. That's my best pull since Chicago, and technically is was a beauty (my knees and back cooperated). Again, without having had the blackout issue, 220kg was easily within reach.

So I atone for the shit show that was Daytona 10 months ago. And even though I didn't hit any PRs today, I found some grit and inner resolve that I thought was lost over the past two years. I'm deeply appreciative for all the support from my teammates today, and everyone here through this arduous road back to being competitive again.

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:09 am**

gymdad150 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:12 pm Today's meet was a qualified success...

I came into the meet feeling pretty good about all my lifts, and training has been as good as I could have hoped for.

Weighed in at 95.8kg, a little short on sleep, but well fed, and well hydrated.

Squats warmed up nicely. Opened at 145kg, and hit it with relative ease. Then things went sideways...on my Second at 157.5kg, I blackout coming up out of the hole. My third attempt ran into the same issue. I haven't had this problem for years, and it showed up today in successive lifts. Color me worried, bordering on scared.

After a profane pity party (held in my car), I came back to face an uncertain fate.

We warmed up Bench extremely conservatively, if this blackout issue was going to continue, it would really show up here...it didn't. Smoked every attempt, hitting 95kg on my third, and had I not had the "problem", 97.5kg was there for the taking.

So buoyed with a bit of confidence, we decided to be as committed as we could, to as big a pull as we could safely muster. 185 / 200 / 215 BOOM. That's my best pull since Chicago, and technically is was a beauty (my knees and back cooperated). Again, without having had the blackout issue, 220kg was easily within reach.

So I atone for the shit show that was Daytona 10 months ago. And even though I didn't hit any PRs today, I found some grit and inner resolve that I thought was lost over the past two years. I'm deeply appreciative for all the support from my teammates today, and everyone here through this arduous road back to being competitive again.

Great job! Having squat not go according to plan could have put you in a tailspin. Great recovery.

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:20 am**

I'm 4 weeks out. As of today, I'm still planning to do this meet. Heavy singles coming back. Currently the plan is to stay conservative, maybe just targeting @9 on third attempts. It depends on how I'm feeling. I'm really focused on improving my total, not on PRs. My previous best total is 592.5 kg with a 385 DOTS. That was a 5/9 effort. Even @9, I should be able to improve on that.

I've been flirting with the idea of doing Nationals in Vegas. It isn't convenient. Also there is zero M2 90 kg lifters registered. However, I'm not looking at competition with only lifters in my weight class. As an M2, I'm all in on DOTS. The new pro card for masters is based on DOTS. I'm not competitive yet in that regard, but it also isn't that far away. Historically it has taken >430 DOTS to be in the top 3 for M2. Just to be in the top 10 would be pretty cool.

Posted: **Mon Apr 04, 2022 1:07 pm**

JohnHelton wrote: ↑Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:20 am I'm 4 weeks out. As of today, I'm still planning to do this meet. Heavy singles coming back. Currently the plan is to stay conservative, maybe just targeting @9 on third attempts. It depends on how I'm feeling. I'm really focused on improving my total, not on PRs. My previous best total is 592.5 kg with a 385 DOTS. That was a 5/9 effort. Even @9, I should be able to improve on that.

I've been flirting with the idea of doing Nationals in Vegas. It isn't convenient. Also there is zero M2 90 kg lifters registered. However, I'm not looking at competition with only lifters in my weight class. As an M2, I'm all in on DOTS. The new pro card for masters is based on DOTS. I'm not competitive yet in that regard, but it also isn't that far away. Historically it has taken >430 DOTS to be in the top 3 for M2. Just to be in the top 10 would be pretty cool.

My total went up 2.5kg, but i gained a kilo bodyweight, so my DOTS went down a point.

Next meet should ne in November, and i need the time after three meets in 8 months.
I'm still glad i did this one. Learned some things that may be useful.

Big congratulations, @gymdad150
Way to stick with it.

Posted: **Sun May 01, 2022 12:43 pm**

Meet report

Posted: **Sun May 01, 2022 8:02 pm**

JohnHelton wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 12:43 pm Meet report

Congrats on your meet total PR and your 25kg PR on your deadlift!

Posted: **Sun May 22, 2022 6:21 pm**

More details here: https://www.exodus-strength.com/forum/v ... 01#p302301

Went 8/9 at my first meet, totaling 505 kg. Met my individual and total goals, making alek a happy boy!

Squat: 180/185/187.5

Bench: 110/115/117.5

Dead: 190/200/Fail at 202.5

Posted: **Sun May 22, 2022 7:38 pm**

alek wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:21 pm More details here: https://www.exodus-strength.com/forum/v ... 01#p302301

Went 8/9 at my first meet, totaling 505 kg. Met my individual and total goals, making alek a happy boy!

Squat: 180/185/187.5

Bench: 110/115/117.5

Dead: 190/200/Fail at 202.5

Hell yes!

Congratulations.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 5:33 am**

Wilhelm wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 7:38 pm
alek wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:21 pm More details here: https://www.exodus-strength.com/forum/v ... 01#p302301

Went 8/9 at my first meet, totaling 505 kg. Met my individual and total goals, making alek a happy boy!

Squat: 180/185/187.5

Bench: 110/115/117.5

Dead: 190/200/Fail at 202.5
Hell yes!

Congratulations.

Thanks, Wilhelm!

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 9:13 am**

alek wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:21 pm More details here: https://www.exodus-strength.com/forum/v ... 01#p302301

Went 8/9 at my first meet, totaling 505 kg. Met my individual and total goals, making alek a happy boy!

Squat: 180/185/187.5

Bench: 110/115/117.5

Dead: 190/200/Fail at 202.5

Congratulations on meeting your targets!

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2022 12:13 pm**

Famendoza1981 wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 9:13 am
alek wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 6:21 pm More details here: https://www.exodus-strength.com/forum/v ... 01#p302301

Went 8/9 at my first meet, totaling 505 kg. Met my individual and total goals, making alek a happy boy!

Squat: 180/185/187.5

Bench: 110/115/117.5

Dead: 190/200/Fail at 202.5
Congratulations on meeting your targets!

Thanks, man!

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:13 am**

I snagged one of the last spots for that meet in November. I think there are only two left now.

South Georgia Barbell Brawl

Edit: Only one left now.

Edit: Well, I'm guaranteed finish in the top 3 of my weightclass/division...

Posted: **Thu Jun 02, 2022 3:11 pm**

alek wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2022 9:13 am I snagged one of the last spots for that meet in November. I think there are only two left now.

South Georgia Barbell Brawl

Edit: Only one left now.

Edit: Well, I'm guaranteed finish in the top 3 of my weightclass/division...

Nice!

I'm expecting the second iteration of the Carrie Boudreau memorial meet to be happening in early November again.
Training for it, and just waiting for the announcement.

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