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12-09-2020, 09:44 AM
#5511
Out for a ramble on the Chautauqua Bottoms trail this morning. A large and fearless doe was busy stripping bark from the brush who gave me a glance of attitude over her shoulder now that deer season was over.
My plan for the meet and the attempts is in train.
Squats:
1st attempt-240, 2nd attempt-281, 3rd attempt-303.
Bench Press:
1st attempt-185, 2nd attempt-226, 3rd attempt-231.
Deadlift:
1st attempt-336, 2nd attempt-385, 3rd attempt-391.
There may be some adjustments in these on the fly if I am feeling stronger or not so strong the day of the meet.
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12-10-2020, 09:35 AM
#5512
Some more conditioning today. Rounds of box jumps, speed bag, rower, medicine ball tosses, heavy bag, SciFit, prowler pushes.
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12-10-2020, 04:18 PM
#5513
I have to confess a mounting case of the willies for the powerlifting meet Saturday. Nothing like the near panic attack I had before my first trip to the USPA/IPL Worlds back some 10 years ago when I first started competing. But it's there. Gotta maintain an even strain as Gordon Cooper said in "The Right Stuff."
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12-10-2020, 09:09 PM
#5514
I guess that's why most times your best lifts happen at meet when nervousness turns up the adrenalin. Good luck Mark!
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12-10-2020, 10:07 PM
#5515
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12-13-2020, 06:04 PM
#5516
Whew! Man was that hard.
The bottom line is I managed to collect a total poundage for the squat, bench press, and deadlift that qualified me to compete in the USPA Drug Tested Nationals and the IPL Drug Tested Worlds. Along the way, I set official USPA Illinois state and USPA National records in all three lifts and collected a gold medal for my division. I was the oldest lifter there.
I'm SOOO tired. More on this tomorrow.
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12-13-2020, 06:06 PM
#5517
BTW, thanks for the support Jerry and Shug. I thought I had done that already, but I see the post didn't take.
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12-13-2020, 06:30 PM
#5518
Totally awesome job, Congratulations!
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12-14-2020, 09:13 AM
#5519
Nice! I think you deserve at least a week off.
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12-14-2020, 10:05 AM
#5520
As you will see in the next post, while I should have taken off, I had to scratch the itch of the question my bench press failures turned up at the meet, Jerry. So I lifted this morning.
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