Road to 2013 CPU Nationals - 105kg Junior

[KD5NFW]

Dude that 240kg pull looked easy from where I'm sitting haha! Great meet results! Will definitely be following this one

[EliteDreams]

Awesome stuff Para.

[Paradox]

Originally Posted by KD5NFW

Dude that 240kg pull looked easy from where I'm sitting haha! Great meet results! Will definitely be following this one

It didn't FEEL too bad. And it doesn't look horribly hard. However, notice my right knee. It does this weird lock/hyperextension that scared me a little during the lift lol. This was my first time lifting Sumo in a meet. I've been working Sumo for about 2-3 months -- not long at all. Hopefully by Nationals I'll really have technique dialed in, figure out what happened with that knee locking, and pull a big PB!

Currently the national record in the dead is 257.5kg. I'd love to beat that, even though the current owner of that lift will likely smoke that at Nationals (if he goes, he's one of the few Canadian lifters I don't have knowledge about lol).

[Paradox]

Originally Posted by EliteDreams

Awesome stuff Para.

Thanks dude!


I'm glad I went in for recovery work last night, as today I can barely walk from that 5x5. If I didn't do any recovery I could only imagine how shitty I'd feel.

Deads and bench tonight!

[KD5NFW]

Well you've got that 257.5 for sure. Damned impressive pull for only a couple of months training sumo!!

Crush it tonight

[Paradox]

Originally Posted by KD5NFW

Well you've got that 257.5 for sure. Damned impressive pull for only a couple of months training sumo!!

Crush it tonight

Thanks man! I did a ton of studying and practicing to at least get semi good at the technique. Thanks as well for the confidence!

[ravimolasaria]

Originally Posted by Paradox

105kg Junior
Weighed in at 101.7kg

Squats
135 185 225 275 315 365 405

Opener: 200kg
Smoked it, 2:1 pass
Second 215kg
Smoked it again, 2:1 pass. Same judge, on depth again
Third: 230kg, National record attempt
National record, obliterated it. 2:1 pass again lol. Apparently one hip is higher than the other
Stoked, my first national record and a 10kg PB. Probably left about 10-15kg on the platform here.

Bench
Warmups:
095 115 135 155 185 205 225 235
Opener: 115kg
Second: 125kg
Easy as fuck,2. 5kg PB
Third: 130kg

Deads:
Warmups felt shitty as fuck, warmed up to like 405.
Opener 200kg
Easy 220kg
Easy 240kg
Not easy at all. Not even sure I should have gotten it, but 2:1 passed for a 2.5kg PB

Overall, a meet of firsts. My first 600kg total, first 500 lb squat, and first national record.

Monday, January 14-

Squat 170kg x 5 x 5 sets
Front squat 95kg x 3 x 6 sets

Bench 100kg x 3 x 2 sets 105kg x 3 x 5 sets

First of all welcome to the best forum / site on PL / BB ...
Very very strong numbers Para ... Congrats on the national record ... keep crushing the wts. ...

[Paradox]

Thanks, Ravi. I quite enjoy it here already.

I don't know about other folks, but I love talking about lifting, watching lifting, discussing lifting, reading about lifting, etc etc. I'm extremely lucky in that my best friend is also my training partner, and a couple others I can also talk to about lifting, but other than that all my other friends don't lift. I like having a place I can come to talk about lifting!

[ravimolasaria]

Originally Posted by Paradox

Thanks, Ravi. I quite enjoy it here already.
I don't know about other folks, but I love talking about lifting, watching lifting, discussing lifting, reading about lifting, etc etc. I'm extremely lucky in that my best friend is also my training partner, and a couple others I can also talk to about lifting, but other than that all my other friends don't lift. I like having a place I can come to talk about lifting!

That's great Para ... You have come to just the right place in that case. It's been almost a year since I joined this site and believe me I actually learned / watched / discussed something new very often. I'm sure you will enjoy your experience too.

[Paradox]

Deads
170kg x 4 x 2 sets
belt
180kg x 3 x 4 sets

Block Deads
180kg x 1
192.5kg x 3 x 4 sets

Incline Bench
80kg x 4 x 6 sets

DB Bench
60lbs x 10 x 5 sets

A1) BPAs x mini x 20 x 3 sets
A2) DB Chest fly x 10lbs x 20 x 2 sets