If you don't want to read the whole thing, just watch my videos atleast and read the first 3 paragraphs/sentences.



First, I would like to think all my family, friends, training partners and the support online for making this possible. A huge thank you to each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart.

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The guy hosting the meet (David) was nice enough to let me do both the bench part for myself, to get a personal record and dead lift.
I weighed in at 188 on Friday and was in the 170-195 class (I know, wtf?)

The rule briefing started at 8 am, my grandmother let me spend the night with her so I didn't have to drive so far.
I was so nervous this morning I would literally just look at the food and I'd gag and dry heave...I finally was able to get some down.

1st attempt:
275x1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZtYG2GaAc

I felt really good on it, got it easy, after this one I was a new person, no longer nervious and not talking a mile a minute.

2nd Attempt:
300x1 Miss?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ustGggph2q0

I felt strong, the best I got in the gym was 295..so I decided just to go for a PR and get 300. I got 2 reds on it b/c my butt was up.
However, Renee, a power lifting judge who was sitting at my feet said it didn't come up and it might have been because of my baggy sweat pants.
It was Davids first meet, and the judges recently got certified about 2 days ago..I know Renee wouldn't say that if it wasn’t true and she'd call me in a heartbeat..so I won't count it as a meet lift per say, but I did get 300 and I'll use that as my training max..it took me about 3 years but I finally got to the 300 pound club!

I took a 3rd attempt /w 300 to say I got it in the meet, I was out of gas and didn't get it.


My friend Kyle got a free sample from some guys giving them out..It’s called White Lighting..and I highly suggest you take 1 serving or try it out before hand. More on that later.

Dead lifts

500x1 Attempt 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P04dzRgdbO0

Felt good, looked good, I was happy with how it turned out.

525x1 Attempt 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNy0yo07b9A

Also felt good.

550x1 Attempt 3(PR kind of)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxijAelpJhs

This is a PR because I didn't know it at the time, but we were using a regular power bar, and not the Oakie we brought..Which makes it a lot harder, so I figure I could have gotten another 10-25 pounds if I had the good bar.

560x1 Attempt 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0IqXId6Zo

I felt good on 550 so i wanted to go for broke..I wasn’t happy /w not setting a PR b/c I didn't know about the bar.
I felt like I might have been able to muscle it up, but I didn't want to take a chance of risking injury, bottom line I didn't get it.

Now, those pills I took were scary..never again.
I took them, and almost passed out 4 times after each dead lift attempt.
I held my breath the whole time, and after words I was in a different world..I couldn't hear anything, and I barely kept vision of everything..real scary, but I was good after about 20 seconds after each lift.


Now I will say I fell in love /w the platform from the March meet I went to, but this really kicked it for me. I'm going to do my Nov meet still as planned, and I can't wait to smash my PRs. I'm going to try my best to smash a world record in that federation in the junior division for dead lift.

I got 2nd place..They totaled it weird..Instead of pound for pound, they added up the total of your 3 lifts and who ever had the highest won..god bless Shane who got 720 DL and lost to someone who got 500 twice.
Had I know how they were going to total the winner, I might have done something different, but it's no biggie, I'm glad to have the experience under my belt..I need to drink a lot more water before hand.

The guy who got first was Kyle, my buddy from the gym, and I believe he should have won it. I'm happy /w the results and can't wait to get back onto the platform again soon.

I highly encourage anyone reading this if they're thinking about doing a meet, go ahead and do it, your excuse might be I’m not strong enough..Well guess what? You'll never be strong enough, so just go have fun, and smash some records.


Thanks everyone for reading and watching my videos!

Congratulations on a good meet.What federation is this?It is way way different then the USAPL

Congrats m8!

wow impressive dead lifts, congtats m8!

Just noticed when dead lifting one of your hands is underarm?

Iv noticed when i go over like 150 pounds or something around their i start to loose grip even though the weight is easy, i assume that grip is only for power lifting though?

This post has been edited by Bgull on Tue - May 25 2010 - 22:55:34

You can do it for any reason, it just lets you use more weight b/c it wont slide out of your hands.

alternate hands makes it easier to lift the weight

Powerlifting competitions are gay.

So is being weak but you don't seem to mind.

Coming from the straight edge, going to marry the first girl that sucks my dick guy, shut up.

I support the positive physical and mental benefits of working out.

I despise the "Hey look at my muscles" attitude that comes from some people that work out.

Which is what these competitions are.

I am somewhat in agreement with you, but bodybuilders are the narcicisstic ones with shows, whereas powerlifting competitions are not about looks but the weight you can lift. I dont think I have ever really seen a "great" looking powerlifter. I think you think competition = mr universe or some shit

He's the best example I can think of for a serious powerlifter (probably the strongest man in the world for almost a decade) with a great physique:



He'd be out of place on a (professional) bodybuilding stage but he could easily go pro with a few changes. I was a bodybuilder in hs but I got out of it for several reasons. For me it was more about sculpting (like an art), but it got in the way of sports performance at some point, and I wasn't willing to take steroids (which is a MUST to go pro). Most bodybuilders do it to show off, which always seemed pretty stupid to me. It used to be a really cool underground thing and it really was an art until it got popular and everyone wanted a beach body. It IS about aesthetics but it doesn't need to be about showing off. I think Arnold was a showoff but he was probably the last truly great bodybuilder that competed. He wasn't about "getting big", he was about how it all went together.

Bodybuilding even has FASHION in its own way. How everyone will tan, what types of trunks they'll wear, how to keep their hair (body hair, too) ... for a while (about when Dorian Yates was the champ, when Nasser El Sonbaty was getting good) bodybuilders were building bellies in the sense that they were aiming so much for mass that judges wouldn't penalize a little extra gut here and there. Totally stupid. The whole idea that bodybuilding should be about getting as big as possible with the lowest possible % body fat completely ruined the sport. The aesthetic devolved. Proportion, symmetry, composition ... all went out the window. Nowadays even gorillas can't compete with how big these guys are

Basically I agree with you guys about the state of bodybuilding but I like preserving the whole point of how the sport developed. It was a subculture, now it's just infiltrated with the same shit as everything else out there.

inb4rageessayohtoolate

This post has been edited by RewtheBrave on Wed - May 26 2010 - 12:02:24

Hey, come look at me, I'm lifting a lot of weight, let's gather for it.

Hey, come look at me, I'm huge from lifting a lot of weight, let's gather for it.

I fail to see how I am confused and what the difference is.

Do not be confused about male competition, we try to compete over anything, strength is probably the most natural thing to compete over, but functional strength is much better than pure strength.

Anyway, in before the autistic kid rages. Probably started lifting weights because people made fun of him for being retarded.

I was going to type up something mean, you're pretty much a failure at life and not worth the time, so keep snorting coke and being a huge faggot that is 26, living with his mom playing WoW all day every day and tell me how that works out for you in a few years.
I have literally never said anything mean to you, so fuck you, keeping being worthless, fat and an all around scum bag.

lold'

u mad bro?

This post has been edited by MoS. on Wed - May 26 2010 - 17:17:57

I'm happy that you demonstrated exactly what I dislike about the general population that participates in lifting weights by going into rage master flex mode.

[Edit] Meant to flush this.

This post has been edited by MoS. on Wed - May 26 2010 - 17:24:37

pudz is a fucking machine

felt like it needed to be posted

Was going to PostAbout it earlier, indeed he is.

Yeah couldn't agree more.

This post has been edited by Bgull on Wed - May 26 2010 - 18:37:29

http://scammatag.ytmnd.com/

Wow...Mos be trollin'.

Anyways grats on your meet, awesome lifts man!