GPC Nationals, videos and thoughts
Yesterday I competed in the GPC Nationals powerlifting meet. It was a 15 hour day as I helped people in the morning and then lifted in the afternoon. I am a wreck right now as I hurt everywhere but it was fun.
I am 226lbs so I cut weight and made the 220lbs/100kg weight class. This way I was only competing against guys my size.
Here are my three squats of the meet. All my squats were "good lifts" according the judges. Personally I felt the 700lbs squat was high but I will take it.
Now here are my three bench attempts. The final two bench attempts were not passed by the judges. They said my butt lifted. I need to work on my technique to prevent this as I could have pressed a lot more weight.
Finally, here are my deadlift attempts. I make the first two easily then miss 600lbs because I can't finish the lift. I just need to get stronger for this lift. I am going to make heavy bent over rows a priority going forward.
So that is it. After the meet I ate an entire pizza then passed out. Now I rest for a day or so and then get ready for a strongman contest at the Calgary Salsa Festival. Should be fun!
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Welldone Nathan, some great lifts there mate! You learn something everytime and you look like you've got some real scope to push those lifts right up!!
Cheers Rob
Thanks Rob. All I can think about now is bringing my deadlift up.
Nathan, when I hit a deadlift sticking point for a meet I did, I used very heavy high pulls, belt pulls and WSB style 10x2 speed deads @50-60%. Worked great for getting the bar moving fast and past the sticking point. BTW your stance is incredibly narrow! I would destroy my lower back with that stance, but definitely works for you. Looking forward to seeing you pull 660!
Thanks bro. I narrowed my stance after my failing to adapt to sumo and my teamates noticing that I was only lifting with my back in a convetional stance. The super narrow seems to give me a nice pop off the ground, probably because my ankles are so tight!