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APF Southeast Powerlifting Challenge, July 29, 2006 in Beaumont, TX. This was my first powerlifting meet in 4 years. Had a blast and did almost everything I had intended, though I was ineligible for the state records I was going for (not a TX resident).

Squat
490 - good (3 white lights)
501 - good (3 white lights)
skipped 3rd attempt

Bench Press
386 - good (3 whites)
413 - no lift (3 reds - got it, but lifted butt off bench)
413 - no lift (3 reds - failed)

Deadlift
485 - good (3 whites)
501 - good (3 whites)
518 - good (3 whites)

giving me: 502 SQ, 386 BP, 518 DL

Total = 1405 lbs

Got first in my divisions - Masters 198 lb class.

Felt something tear in the top of my left quad on my very first lift, despite good warmups and all. Wasn’t too bad so I attempted breaking 500 and skipped my 3rd attempt - discretion being the better part of valor. Would have been good for 518 at least, IMHO - more if I hadn’t hurt my leg on the first lift. I also went in to this meet with an injured shoulder and badly tweaked elbow, so I’m pretty happy with my results, even if I didn’t break 400 lbs on bench officially. Did 375 last week raw and 425 with a shirt in the gym the week prior, but that’s when I hurt my shoulder and aggravated my elbow. :(

All my attempts were personal bests at a meet, and the last two deadlifts were personal bests even in the gym - I had never even tried 518 before.

It’s good to be competing again.

More info on the meet:
My Training Log
My Lifting Page

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!

Deepsquatter.com :: Tye’s Training

You can find my training logs for lifting and getting ready for the triathlon (now Oct 30th) at the above link. I’ll probably start using this blog as well from now on.