Introduction
Second meet! I bombed out on squats at my first meet back in November for several reasons, so my primary goal going in was 9/9 good lifts.
Weigh-In
Did a water cut the week of weigh-ins: started that Monday at about 76.5kg and weighed in Friday morning at 73.0kg. For fluids, I essentially water loaded Monday and Tuesday, went to about 75% normal intake Wednesday, and probably 3 sips all Thursday. For food, I cut out most salt and carbs, and did a heavy calorie restriction from Wednesday morning to Friday morning.
After driving 3 hours and weighing in, immediately went to refeeding and rehydrating (as I stepped out of the gym chugging Gatorade and water, I immediately started looking for the nearest breakfast burrito).
Meet Day
Woke up about 2 hours before meet start even though I was flight C as I wanted to get in a good breakfast and have time to digest (I love me my scrambles, toast, potatoes, and black coffee).
Squat
- 142.5kg (314lbs) ⚪️⚪️⚪️
- 155.5kg (353lbs) ⚪️⚪️⚪️
- 170kg (374lbs) ⚪️⚪️⚪️
I was SUPER conservative with my squat weights as I have a persisting left knee injury and didn't want to push it too far (and bombing out last time was still pretty heavy on my mind). Opener and 2nd attempt felt good, but knee started feeling a bit funny as I came out of the bottom on 3rd. Still, didn't bomb out so already improved from last time.
Bench
- 102.5kg (226lbs) ⚪️⚪️⚪️
- 115kg (255lbs) ⚪️⚪️⚪️ (Meet PR)
- 120kg (264lbs) ❌❌❌
Opener was something I could confidently pause triple, and while it felt like a small grind on the platform it flew in the video. 2nd was something I had never paused, but was fairly confident I could do; definitely a more noticeable effort. 3rd attempt was something I had only ever done touch and go, but decided "screw it." In retrospect I think I got way in my own head and loosened up during the grind. Oh well, still meet PR.
Deadlift
- 200kg (440lbs) ⚪️⚪️⚪️
- 220kg (484lbs) ⚪️⚪️⚪️ (Meet PR)
- 227.5kg (501lbs) ⚪️⚪️⚪️ (ATPR)
Like a lot of people, deadlifts are my favorite of the three so I felt the most confident about these. Opened with my 3rd attempt from last meet, and it felt really good. 2nd attempt was a match of my training PR and it moved way easier on the platform (my god I love deadlift bars). 3rd attempt was my second ever attempt trying for 500 (failed the first attempt in training). So hitting this felt extremely good. After pulling it and watching the video, I probably had leeway to add a little more weight on 3rd attempt, but pulling 500 was a side-goal for this meet so am still satisfied.
Link to videos of all attempts
Conclusion
Went 8/9, 24 white lights. Ended up getting 2nd place in 75kg class, which I was absolutely not expecting. Next thing is figuring out this knee thing so I can really start testing my squat again.