Yeah, it was a great day! I trained for about 8 weeks specifically for this meet, man I never thought it would be harder than my BB'ing training! Mainly I focused on the big lifts, I threw in a few exercises that would benefit me - some shoulder pressing work, close grip benches etc. It was a little wierd not hitting my biceps & calves for 2 months!
Just the whole atmosphere of the day was cool, it was the first time I had been to a powerlifting event. The judges were pretty tough, a lot of the big guys had their lifts disallowed even if they did look like there was nothing wrong! I got all of it on DVD too as my
training partner was filming it - handy too see what your form was like!
I had the advantage of being up 7th, so I had a little time to both watch a few others do their lifts and wrap myself. First time I stuffed up and wrapped too early... I couldn't feel anything below my knees by the time I was at the squat rack!
Thanks for the comments guys. I know I can lift more, I was actually a little annoyed I didn't go for a little heavier on the day. I could have done 145kg, 100kg and 180kg for the 3 lifts, but I opted to play safe. I managed to hit 4 plates a side on the deadlift a couple of times in training. Oh well - at least I have something to aim for now for the next one
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