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BigChrisF
06-28-10, 4:52 pm
This weekend I competed in this years ADFPF National Championships. It was held in the university rec center in Columbia, Missouri. It was a nice facility with plenty of room for spectators. The meet was run fairly quickly and as smoothly as can be expected for a meet with about 70 lifters. Everybody put in a lot of work to pull this off and I thank them for their efforts.

The warm-up room was the rec center's weight room, so it was very well supplied. I competed in the equipped division which is single-ply. I was in the 145 kg division and weighed in at 142 kg.

Squats

1st- 305 kg -good 673 lbs
2nd-325 kg -good 717 lbs
3rd- 340 kg -good 750 lbs

Squats went well and were pretty fast and relatively easy. For some reason, all three felt like 8 tons to unrack but once I did that it felt normal. I had more in me, but it was a 20 kg meet pr, so I can't complain.

Bench

1st- 220 kg -good 485 lbs
2nd-250 kg -bad 551 lbs
3rd- 250 kg -bad 551 lbs

I have been having a little trouble with my bench for a while and it is really been hard to pull that piece in on meet day. I lowered my anticipated opener 10 kg to secure my squat. I screwed up my technique twice for my 2nd and 3rd. First time I moved too high too fast and started to lose it towards my face. Next time I over compensated and didn't move up at all initially and I started to lose it toward my belly but pulled it back, but by then I stalled half way up. Done this weight many times in the gym without a hitch, but that's how things go.

I want to put out a special thank-you to Tim Piper for doing my hand-offs and helping me to switch shirts. You did a fantastic job.

Deadlift

1st- 300 kg -good 661 lbs
2nd-320 kg -good 705 lbs
3rd- 330 kg -good 727 lbs

The 3rd was a 5 kg meet pr. It went up surprisingly fast for the beating I took on squats already. I probably could have gotten 5 kg more, but a pr is a pr. Tore both hands too. I don't deadlift in training, so it's a little much for them.

Total 890 kg or 1,963 lbs. Also a meet pr. I was really gunning for 2,000+ lbs that day, but my bench failure cost me that. I ended up getting 1st in my weight class and was just edged out for the overall by formula. Bench cost me that too. Next time. Total is moving up, but I have not got a 500+ bench in at a meet in almost a year and a half and that really burns me.

BigChrisF
06-28-10, 5:42 pm
I also want to extend a special thank-you to Tayler Epperson for his help with my squat suit.

shortstack
06-28-10, 6:01 pm
Those are some impressive numbers brother. You get any pics or video from the meet?

Jeremy

BigChrisF
06-29-10, 12:19 pm
I have video, but they are in "ultra HD" and are huge and my computer can't even run them right. I need to compress them and then actually sign up on some sort of file sharing or youtube or something.

BigChrisF
06-30-10, 1:39 am
Here's the third squat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfUegUKXUEI

Here is the first bench

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XjJf9QEpms

Here is the third deadlift

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA8sfm4efhA

BigChrisF
06-30-10, 5:35 pm
I have more videos up...

first squat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOPTjlLljA0

second squat - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3mBeF9Kfvk

second bench - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAaQd57doq8

third bench - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpD40l7aCWg

first deadlift - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGUFLfZi_jE

second deadlift - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z9ufYd8GE0

IRBS
07-15-10, 10:21 am
Excellent work Chris. That Deadlift is crazy strong man. Hope the bench issues get worked out, equipped benching is the most frustrating thing ever, LOL

BigChrisF
07-22-10, 6:28 pm
Thank-you, sir. I'm going to compete again in October and one of my goals is to bench anything over 500. To hell with the 2,000 lb total, just get over 500 and stop having such an embarrassing shirted bench.

Congratulations on your new total. You should jump up to the 308's again and get an elite total there as well.

IRBS
07-23-10, 9:09 am
Thank-you, sir. I'm going to compete again in October and one of my goals is to bench anything over 500. To hell with the 2,000 lb total, just get over 500 and stop having such an embarrassing shirted bench.

Congratulations on your new total. You should jump up to the 308's again and get an elite total there as well.

Thanks man. Yeah, I struggled with my shirted bench for a while, especially compared to my raw bench, but it is finally climbing a bit...

Yeah I plan to jump up to 308 eventually. When my BW gets over 280 I'll be a 308 and total Elite there.

Immediate goal is to go over 2000, at whatever bodyweight, haha.