Making Weight...and meet results.

[spatts]

I'm already using taraxatone....guess there aren't any last minute tricks? Other than jump roping in the hotel sauna?

Rivaldo, dextrose and oatmeal...and R-ALA.

 

[spatts]

I decided NOT to try to make weight. After discussing it with Temple, who strongly encouraged me to chuck the idea, I decided to look up where my totals would fall. Turns out that the total I exppected to lift was Class II, whether I competed as a 181 or a 198. So I ate.

I came in feeling awesome. Got a good night's sleep, a long, hot bath and my lucky oatmeal, and headed to the contest.

It turns out I was the only woman competing, so I won Best Female Lifter and 1st Place...but, you know. I really wish I'd had some competition.

I got 3 for 3 on my squat, with the 365 pound final attempt flying up like I should've tried something closer to 400 (thank you, Bob!!).

I went 2 for 3 on the bench. I opened with 240, and hit the second attempt at 250, then failed on 260. By this point, I was just ready to pull.

I opened with 315 on the deadlift, and went 3 for 3 with a final attempt of 405 pounds going up easy.

So...

Squat 365
Bench 250
Deadlift 405
Total 1020

Not a bad first meet.

Everything was just the way I expected it. I knew the rules, was aware of possible equipment/apparatus issues, etc. Nothing was a major shock or disappointment, other than I had NO idea I should've squatted about 50 pounds more. Live and learn. I never broke a sweat, even took a snooze for a while. It was a long day.

Jim Gorrell runs a GREAT meet. It was well organized, and he was very proactive with lifter's concerns. He seemed genuinely appreciative that we were all there.

DG21 was incredible....incredible. 22 years old, totaled Elite. He's an animal. HUGE congrats to him. I will leave the number posting up to the guys, but everyone did GREAT.

....and I'll see ALL of you in STL in 12 weeks!!

 

[JDarty6173]

Great job Spatts... Sounds like you' ll easily blow your Squat PR away next time... As well as your Dead and Bench.. It will be awsome to see what having some competition will bring out of you..

 

[skaman607]

congratulations

so you've been training WSB the past 9 months?

who's DG21?

 

[spatts]

Thanks! 7 months. DG is on the PL board.

 

[needsize]

Awesome results, you just killed 99% of the men that train at my gym, that's awesome!!!

 

[BlkWS6]

Very impressive Spatts!!

 

[RusPA81]

Yes, quite impressive. I am going to show this to all the guys I know to make them feel bad.

 

[Rivaldo]

Very, very impressive! My bench press is the only lift that comes close to those numbers. Amazing stuff.

 

[circusgirl]

well done! Impressive numbers! glad it went well for you.