Summary of all my lifts. (15mb, WMV, right click > save as…)
The meet went great, I was a little off my mark on all my lifts but I set three new PRs so I won’t complain at all. My squat warm ups are horrible, I really need to work on how long it takes me to warm up. I ended up doing my last warm up at 484 with suit and belt but no wraps, I then went out and opened with 583/265. I smoked 265 like it was a warmup, but a ripping noise in the right strap of my squat suit had me worried during my decent. I checked the strap after and saw no damage so I went on with my second of 616/280. The lifter helping me didn’t call my depth on this one so I figured I wasn’t deep enough and was upset as I came up, however I found out this was my deepest squat. An easy squat but it did leave me tired as I was trying to get depth so hard. I opted for 644/292.5 for a third. Again it felt like I was going down forever and finally decided to just come up without hearing her call my depth(on review of the video she called it just as I grunted and came up). I smoked it too, I probably had 660/300 in me, oh well.
Up next was bench, easily what I was most worried about after my shoulder injury two weeks ago. My last warm up was 405 to a 1 board in the shirt which I paused on the board for a good 3 seconds before I pressed, I was confident that I could get my opener to my chest. That opener was 418/190 and I did indeed get it to my chest after a little bit of work, I paused it nice and long and powered it up. My second was to be 446/202.5 so I jacked the shirt up getting the chest plate lower and closer to the groove. While I was setting up my right hip and lower back cramped…wow that sucked. I brought it down and it just hit a wall about 2″ above my chest so I had to fight it a bit to touch but I still got it up pretty easily. I didn’t think I had 210 in me so I called for 457/207.5, again it hit a wall 2″ above my chest but I got it down easier. It flew off my chest but I just couldn’t transition to lockout and missed the lift.
So with the first two lifts down I knew I had to do 578/262.5 to make my national qualifier so I told my helper that my third would be 262.5 no matter what. I opened with a ridiculously easy 517/235, this could have easily been a warm up for me. I called for a second at 550/250. I setup alright but I never got my left hand wrapped around the bar well so about mid thigh the bar was in my fingers, it was all I could do to try and lockout and not lose it. I got the lift in a 2 to 1 call however so I’m was happy. My final at 262.5 flew off the floor and got to my upper thighs but stopped dead at lockout, I had hit my old sticking point.
Squat: 583/265, 616/280, 644/292.5
Bench: 418/190, 446/202.5
Deadlift: 517/235, 550/250
Bench: 3×5@225/102
DB Tate Press: 2×8@33/15
Oblique
Another light workout but the shoulder continues to feel good. I would say it’s near 90% right now which hopefully means I can get it up to 100% by the meet on Saturday. The strangest part was that my left bicep was sore during the workout, I’m not sure where that came from but I’d prefer if it was feeling better by the meet too.
Box Squat: 3×5@275/125
Good Mornings: 2×8@225/102
Abs
First real workout since the shoulder injury and it went pretty well, the shoulder was bugging me but I followed the workout up with a massage which was fantastic. I guess I will see what tomorrow brings for shoulder pain.
CGB: 8×135/61, 5@225/102, 5@265/120
Bench: 2×12@185/84
Skull Crushers to bench: 6@135/61
Tricep Push Downs: 12@60/27, 8@85/39
After the set at 225 I knew my shoulder was going to be sore but after the set at 265 I knew I wasn’t going to be able to do any more today. I decided to do some higher rep benching but even that hurt my shoulder. I figured some tricep movements shouldn’t be too bad, the skull crusher was the worst thing I did, it cause about 10 minutes of unbelievable pain(I couldn’t hold the camera while videoing Jamie’s second lift). I figured tricep pushdowns wouldn’t hurt but they sure did.
I have to admit I’m kind of worried now, after the high I was on yesterday this was a real slap in the face. I don’t plan on working out until Wednesday when I will do some light squatting and benching if anything. I plan to put on my shirt Saturday so I need this shoulder to be at least 90% by then.