LtL's Training Log

[markievicz]

Congrats on the meet Al ,
Nice write up too.

[LtL]

Originally Posted by markievicz

Congrats on the meet Al ,
Nice write up too.

Thanks buddy. Already keen to get back on it.

[markievicz]

when is next one Al ?

[LtL]

Originally Posted by markievicz

when is next one Al ?

Not sure yet. Maybe March/April, more likely June.

[ravimolasaria]

Amazing total Al ... beastly work ... very very strong brother ...

[LtL]

Thanks Ravi. Still a long way off my goal total but definitely a step in the right direction.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by LtL

Thanks man. My family (Mrs Al's stepfather and stepbrother) really came through.

Mrs Al also just noticed a burst blood vessel in my eye. Now I'm a true gear whore like JB

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A bonus trophy.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by LtL

Checked my weight: 92.4kgs. Spot on.

You'll have to fill us in more on where you got this water loading thing and how the structure looked. Maybe a small basic write up thread we can sticky in the resources forum. It certainly seemed to payoff the end.

None of the referees knew what the running order was and this seemed to change over the next hour.

That's the last thing you want at a meet. Early confusion.

Highlights: a lightweight woman squatting 110kgs raw and a 61 year old master pulling 285 and attempting 300!

Don't see too many 50+ lifters. That's always a treat.

My handler asked the ref, nope still three more lifters before me.

Yeah, about that name order...

I got the rack command and I was in the meet. Boom!

Good. Glad you recovered from overshooting the depth.

My planned second attempt was 240 but as I struggled with my opener I dropped it to 235.

Good call.

Bar is racked and... Lift is good 2-1. Red light from the head ref for depth.

I won't say anything here

I was going to squat that f***er and make them red light me.

At least you got it up.

Lifters lift. Judges judge. All you can do is SMF.

I ran out of time on warm-ups AGAIN!

That should never happen at a meet. Horrible planning. Dangerous for the lifters.

Dropped second attempt from 175-172.5 just to be safe.

Again good call.

Good lift. 3 whites. Very pleased.

Congrats.

If I'd thought about the overall best lifter, I would have gone for 177.5 and maybe edged ahead but I was competing with myself so went for what was important to me. Given a do-over I'd probably take 182.5 again

Bench has been getting me at every meet. I've made a mental note to stop going too aggressive on my 3rd. Next time I'm definitely going more conservative on my third.

I was flagging at this point and my upper back was killing me after my 245 attempt where I basically did a round back good morning to lock it out. Literally no time for weakness though as before I knew it, I was called to the platform.

That right there is the perfect example of why platform lifting is harder. And a good reason why deadlifts have to be brute force at meets.



Overall great work. You took lemons and made lemonaid. Sounds like a clustermess. Great step forward.

[BendtheBar]

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[bruteforce]

Great write up, and even more, amazing work at the meet. Strong as hell LtL. When's the next one?