King Of The Bench! My Meet Results.

[powerlifterjay]

Dam iam so ready for the off season. Well i wasnt sure if i felt up to this meet. I was pretty beat up this week from Daytona last week. But my buddy put it on and i told him i would come. They always put on a great meet. About 50 lifters or so, in a banquet hall. Food , drinks, and a nice place to lift.

I knew i would be last so i kinda let every get almost done so i coudl have it to myself. Lots of warming up. I felt good. I just picked the wrong numbers. Now since Daytona i have been tryoing to stay below 240lbs. I thought i was , but the dam shirt felt to bad again. Not too bad just not good as last week.

1st attempt 600lbs. I could not touch it , but dam it i tried! It fell on my stomach about 2 inces out of groove. No lift.

Now i should hav egone to 615 then it would hav etouched just right. But NO i stayed at 600 thinking it was stretched better.

2nd attempt 600lbs. Same thing ....but.... as it dumped on my stomach i decided fuck it, its going up! Whe i finally got the press call, it took my 3 seconds to roll it back up were my wrists were straight again and blasted it to lockout. No lift. See as it fell on my stomach, And i dont mean 2inches this time it was on my fuckin stomach! IN order for it to not crush me my ass was up to keep the weigh from driving me into the bench. Hell i didn think i could arch! So no lift.

Now here is were my fuckin Ego jumps in! Now keep in mind i am here for fun. It was basically an exhibition for me. SO third attempt. New shirt time!

Final attempt 645lbs! Guess what? No touch. The last inch or so had my body contorting so much i just said take it.

So i Bombed. I am not un happy though. I was messin around. I could have pulled th eshirt down and gone 625 but said to thell with it and satyed heavy. Back to the gym next week , and no meets till Oct! Hell ya! Rest.

 

[Cubanito17]

Well you musta been tired from last weekend. Either way bro ego ya that's a problem for ALOT of us I think. What meet will you be doing in Oct. I gotta try and find one preferably a push/pull. BUT I would like to see how I do in a 3 lift.

 

[Screwball]

Don't sweat it! Bombing with a first attempt at 600 is still unimaginable for me. I have a hard time holding 600 in my hands with reversed bands and a shirt on. Take some time off and let your body recuperate. Once your body is back on pace then that 600 will be like CAKE.

 

[powerlifterjay]

I read the thread and i dont wanna sound like i was calling myself king of the bench. The meet today was called
"King of the Bench".

No i dont feel bad cause i bombed and was tired. I wasnt. I couldnt hit my groove in the shirt. I actually dumped it on my stomach , and rolled it back and locked out 600 out of groove. I actually feel good cause if i can lockout at 600 by picking it off my gut then pressing it to lockout, it showed me today that 600lbs is my bitch! Oh ya its my bitch now! Next meet i will open with 625. Guys i feel great. I manhandled it. Ya it was slow , but hell i picked it up. Besides i got it in the books last week. I got it on video, i need to send it to Irish! I think i will send teh good 600 to him.

Next meet is Oct not sure of date but the APA Bench Nationals, then 3 weeks later or when ever it is in Nov, the Bench Bash for cash.

Hey Okie Crew the bench bash for cash is being held in Louisianna. Ya'll need to make a road trip. It will be worth seeing.

How far is that from ya'll?

 

[I'D RATHER BE DEADLIFTING]

I just thinks it is amazing that you even had enough energy to hold 600 lbs after all of the recent happenings. You know you have a 650+ in ya later this year. Get some rest and hit the iron hard. You know what you got to do, so go get it done and break some more records.


Congrats again on last week's bench performance.

 

[Screwball]

Jay, where in Louisiana will the Bench Bash for Cash be held? What weekend is the meet being held?

I just checked the roadtrip stat at the Rand McNally website and it is 724 miles from Oklahoma City or about 12 hours driving time. Too far to roadtrip, I'd just fly anyway. You can get some cheap airfare from OKC to New Orleans. There's also a little riverboat casino just north of the airport on Lake Ponchatrain (sp?) that I would hit or one of the bigger casinos in the area. Time to party with the Ragin' Cajuns!

 

[powerlifterjay]

Screwball the bench bash is being held in New Orleans. At the

Ernest N Morial Convention CTR
900 Convention Center Blvd.
504-582-3000

We are staying there three days. I will let you know where soon. Of course were far out. But you gou gotta come. Not to just meet us in person , but to watch the best of the best bench. Its months away and iam so excited. Were planning now.

Any of ya'll who can come do. I can use your support. Plus i will get ya back stage!

 

[benchmonster]

Great job, despite the bomb. Manhandling 600 is large!!!

I might be able to make it down to Louisiana this fall. Would love to meet you guys and see the best of the best. A little early for me to be there competing, but unless I miss my guess, I may be there in a couple of years.

Very very impressed with you, Jay. Good work, and take it a little easy for a while, get healthy and strong, and kick the shit out of them this fall.

My competition schedule is kind of the opposite of yours. I had a meet 4 weeks ago, and 12 weeks ago, then the big one coming up in another 4 weeks, maybe a fun meet in the fall, then off till the spring.

Would love to see you guys this fall, I will do what I can to make it this fall.

B.

 

[FREAK19]

Jay what shirt were u using? Man i cant wait to go back to the gym, and finally start off season again, Hey i wanna do that APA Bench Nationals. Do my first bench meet. Just train Smart and get your head in place cause you got 2 BIG meets coming your way.

 

[powerlifterjay]

Ya you dam okies need to come and hang with us. Benchmastr hav efun at these meets. Just take them for what there worth and learn from them.

Ya i am more pleased with picking up 6 off my stomach then locking it out then getting it anyway. The only theing i would hav edone different was go 620 on 2nd attempt. That i should have done. Oh well! Like George Halbert said " I learn more from bombing at meets then winning". It true...its true!

Freak i cant wait to get back in the gym either. I am gonna do some AR work this after noon, so i will be less sore then i am now. The bench Nationals will be won by us. Its way out so we got plenty of time to train and get more prepared then ever. Dude some big numbers are gonna fly! See you tommorrow.