My First Meet

[markievicz]

Originally Posted by Off Road

First one done and behind you. Great job, we're proud of you. Take that experience and build on it.

thanks OR , it was a great experience

Originally Posted by Fazc

Fantastic work! Start of a great powerlifting journey for you

i believe i have caught the competition bug alright

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

First off, congratulations on your first meet! I'm sure it's an experience you will never forget.

That's for the update and again congratulations.

thanks Steve - it was a great experience , first of many i hope!

Originally Posted by JTurner

Nice lifts markievicz. Great deadlift PR, shame about the bench but still a strong total for the first meet!

cheers buddy , looking forward to the next one

Originally Posted by JordanK91

Well done again Al!

You were unlucky with the head movement on the bench, I could see that it was playing in your mind for the final lift.

You'll blast through it at the next event!

Your deadlift will certainly be higher at the next event. You made the 190kg look easy!

Bring on Killarney =)

Thanks Jord, and also thanks for making itover to record the deadlifts for me

Originally Posted by Ryano

good job

thanks mate

Originally Posted by storm1507

Great job on your first meet.

So, the head movement came as you were lowering the wt???


I plan to compete for the first time this year. Looking back, what would you do differently, what did you do right?

Thanks for the info.

yes , i never knew about that before the meet , i guess its better to learn about it in the first meet than further down the line,

i have to say the guys that ran the meet were fntastic, one judge called me over and explained it out to me.

the only thing i would have done differently is i would have competed sooner

Originally Posted by LtL

Just watched the video. Awesome work for your first meet. I really thought you had the last squat and bench, a little faster on both and you'd have finished. As for deadlifts: monster. LOADS more in the tank there.

LtL

thanks LtL , yeah i think i had at least 200 in me for the deadlifts , looking forward to increasing that number very soon

[Kuytrider]

So you're not allowed move your head at all during the bench? I did not know that. Great work Mark. Well over the 1000 pounds mark. Target 500kg+ next time.

[mab54]

Great job mark, you made those deadlifts look easy. Sorry to hear about the bench press, missing a lift can really get into your head. You had almost the exact squat attempts as my last meet.

[Hazzard]

Awesome work mate, and congratulations on competing in your first meet. That's a huge step that many people don't take.

Watching the video, those bench calls are harsh, your head bobs up for about half a second on the descent, but not on the press, I would've passed you. Also, the amount of time you had to touch for was pretty ridiculous. Still, great work mate.

Oh, and it sounds like that's Wim Beckelant (sp?) on the PA - he's a HUGE Belgian dude, was it him?

[Squatter]

Wow Mark - your first meet and you really did great. You now know what to expect and can build on that. Man o man, your competitive future is very bright mate. I am 100% inspired now to compete. I'm sure I will also have a few things go wrong, but it all good for the leaning experience.

Once again, many conggrats and I also am very proud of you. Big respect.

[Fazc]

Very, very harsh call on that second Bench.

[markievicz]

Originally Posted by Kuytrider

So you're not allowed move your head at all during the bench? I did not know that. Great work Mark. Well over the 1000 pounds mark. Target 500kg+ next time.

i guess i found out the hard way
yes, will be looking for well over 500 at the next one , i have no doubt ill get it to with the help from all at MAB

Originally Posted by mab54

Great job mark, you made those deadlifts look easy. Sorry to hear about the bench press, missing a lift can really get into your head. You had almost the exact squat attempts as my last meet.

yeah , it was a good learning experience.

Originally Posted by Hazzard

Awesome work mate, and congratulations on competing in your first meet. That's a huge step that many people don't take.

Watching the video, those bench calls are harsh, your head bobs up for about half a second on the descent, but not on the press, I would've passed you. Also, the amount of time you had to touch for was pretty ridiculous. Still, great work mate.

Oh, and it sounds like that's Wim Beckelant (sp?) on the PA - he's a HUGE Belgian dude, was it him?

thanks Hazz , was delighted to get a chance to compete. It was also nice that there was a good few first time lifters there along with me so I wasn’t alone!

I had practiced pausing for 2/3 seconds so wasn’t too worried about the length of the pause,

Yeah that was the fella alright – nice guy too , was talking with him for a few minutes early in the day. You are right , he is huge!

Originally Posted by Squatter

Wow Mark - your first meet and you really did great. You now know what to expect and can build on that. Man o man, your competitive future is very bright mate. I am 100% inspired now to compete. I'm sure I will also have a few things go wrong, but it all good for the leaning experience.

Once again, many conggrats and I also am very proud of you. Big respect.

many thanks Jim - looking back on the day , i think you should definately do a meet if you can.

Originally Posted by Fazc

Very, very harsh call on that second Bench.

appreciate you looking in Fazc , didn’t get to chat with Mark Lane as you suggested by PM but did end up talking with a guy called John Ryan , not sure if you ever met him ? he’s the national record holder in the 82.5kg class and has done 232.5kg squat . he was really helpful on the day with loads of pointers for me.

[Beast]

Fantastic effort mate!

In any sport you've got to find your feet in your first few contests - looks like you have a great base to build on for the future there

[MikeM]

Great job, Mark!!

[J_Byrd]

Very smooth and clean lifts all around. Very solid technique as well. Congrats!