Well, I had to tell everyone so I’m also posting here. I finally got 365 pounds in a paused one-rep max on the bench press. Raw, of course. With that, I should be able to secure a few Texas state powerlifting records in July at the APF meet in Vidor, TX. I imagine I will be good for well over 400 with a bench shirt on by then. The current record in my weight class and age group is only 407 so I think I should definitely have it. I’ve been keeping up with my training logs, so you can see that the strenth surge started a few months back with diet change and protein uptake. Plus, it was probably just “time” since I had been stuck at 300 for so long. I really feel that the slow-digesting casein protein at nighttime had a lot to do with breaking the plateau I had been on since losing all that weight last year. Right now, I seem to be stuck at a max of 365, but it could just be my body trying to catch up. I intend to really kick into gear come June/July in preparation for that powerlifting meet. Should be fun!
