DirtyRed Attempts Legitimacy
Saturday I was in some meet at the local Rec Center and it was fun and it took NINE GODDAMN HOURS and depth was more of a recommendation than anything but I'm 99% sure I hit it for real when I hit 585 lbs on the squat. I figure I may as well give a more legit competition a whirl, so I'm going to try do a USAPL meet in the spring. More on that in a minute.
In Saturday's meet, I got 585/315/525, and failed 600/325/540. 600 and 540 were really close (and 540 may have been affected by being there for NINE GODDAMN HOURS), 325 was not, though the 315 I hit wasn't that hard. I might have just overloaded by 2nd attempts because I wasn't 100% on the third attempts and I didn't want to end up with something garbage (or more garbage than LMAO3PLAYT at 235 lbs) and ended up too worn out for the 3rd attempts. Good information to have moving forward.
I'm leaning towards a meet in Columbus on April 1st, which would give me time to do two 8 week training cycles. Or I could go to a Chicago meet on March 19th as well, which could be one longer training cycle. Open to any suggestion on this because I'm unsure.
Regardless, there is a list of things I have to get done:
- Get a belt that is on the IPF Accepted Bribes list because my PERFECTLY ADEQUATE Rogue Belt is not on it because Rogue has better things to do than waste money on penny ante bullshit in a niche sport (like milk CrossFit while that still makes money, and sell those Ninja Mask things to idiots)
- Get a singlet that is on that same list
- Figure out what the fuck is up with logos, because all of my t-shirts have something like WKU RUGBY on them and all of the singlets I've looked up, that are ostensibly on that accepted list, have a logo on them.
- Gain a good ten lbs
- Cut back down to 230 lbs or less for that weight class
- Get stronger
- Actually sign up for one of the meets
- Figure out if the knee high socks I wore for Rugby are high enough to be legal for the deadlift
- Figure out if my socks have to be on that fucking list
In the meantime, I'll be on a program that is very much like the Texas Method for Powerlifting program in PPST3rdEd, except with power cleans instead of good mornings, because good mornings are the drizzling shits, especially when you're all torso. I'll be logging all the workouts here as a Christmas gift/punishment for you all. Provided I can remember to do so every time.
You're welcome.
Current stats:
Age: 27
Weight: 235 lbs
Squat: 585 lbs
Bench: 315 lbs
Deadlift: 525 lbs