Dropped 10 pounds to make weight at 242. Thanks for the cutting-edge advice from Talmant, Carroll and Schwanke.
I went three for three on the squat. 578, 622, 640. PR
Bench hit my opener (578). Hit 2nd 622 for a PR. I went for the gold on the third and missed 655. I got out of grove and felt stuck on my chest.
Deadlift. Hit the 550 opener. I got a second attempt at 600 PR. I went for 645 to try for 1900 even, but it didn’t go.
I PRed with an 1862 total in my 2nd full power meet.
I have to thank my handlers, Tom Bodenbender and Sam Ho. I couldn’t have done it without you guys. Thanks for making the trip.
I want to thank the entire Tampa Barbell team for their help during my training cycle. Of course, I have to thank Tommy Fannon specifically for allowing me to be a part of the team and providing a great place to train.
My wife for all her support and for putting up with my hobby. APT for the best wraps and belts around.
It was fun seeing the guys from Team Samson (thanks for the warm up help) and the guys from OBB. Seeing national level lifters put up big numbers motivates me to step up my game so that was cool too.
Also, congrats to Greg Jurkowski for a PR total of 2143, I believe, and the biggest deadlift of the meet with a 777 pull. Eddie Fitzpatrick set another world record for his age group. Good job.
Tim James had a nice day too, even with a pretty bad head cold, hitting a 500+ bench. Critical Bench sponsored lifter Brian Carroll had an awesome day, with the biggest total of the meet including a squat over a grand. Congrats to Brian!
I came out of the meeting without bombing out, got PRs on every lift and didn’t get hurt so I can’t complain. Elite will have to wait until next time. And yes, elite is my goal; it just wasn’t time yet, but I left it all out there trying.
Good times!
