The REAL 800 STORY

[mrskennelly]

Well..........IT'S TRUE!!!!!!!! Except one thing...it was 800.5, that extra .5 is a lot when you're up there, so we are proud as hell of Ryan!!!!! We really didn't know if he had it since we competed last week, but he really pulled it off and looks to still have MORE in him!!! I have the video of it and am sending it to House of Pain and Rick Brewer will post it on his web site soon.

I got first place again and set a PR from last week, so both of us came away winners.

Thank you for all of your support last week....it's very much appreciated.

Melissa

 

[goldenone]

Congrataulations to both of you! Looking forward to the video.

 

[IrishPower]

It was a pleasure to meet Ryan and Melissa. The lift was strong, there was a good pause, and it was fully locked out. I am sure there will be controversary from the haters on goheavy, but I am here to tell you it was a good lift.

Long story short, it was a great meet (besides my puking all night before). Here is a link to the 800 video.

http://www.growordie.com/training/v..._american_championships/ryan-kennelly-800.wmv

I should have a chance to do a little write-up of the meet tomorrow.

Take care.

Great lifting you guys!

/irish

 

[bigokie]

800..........The only word is AWESOME. I was hoping you would be the first!!! Congrats!!! I can't wait to see your training program write up. Any idea where it might be yet?

Irish, puking all night the night before.....Sounds like fun!!!

 

[IrishPower]

hahaha.... well... i wish it was from drinking too much but alas, it was a stomach flu.

I am driving through nightmare traffic trying to get to portland, when my wife calls and tells me my little girl is puking all over the place at home. my stomach was already feeling not so great, but i chalked it up to pre-lifting nerves. i then began to wonder.

well, i barely manage to choke down a steak dinner at 8pm, and now I know something is funky. I can *always* eat bloody meat no matter how sick i am feeling.

so, the night just gets worse from there. i had to run out of a strip joint puking at 1am. it was horrifying and i think i gave the strippers some confidence problems.

oh well.... at least i didnt lift till 12pm. i *almost* bagged it when i could only put down half my breakfast, but watching big RyanK stomp around down there brought me up a little even though my warmups felt slow.

Long story short, I managed to hit 2 prs for myself (1 in the bench and 1 in the deadlift) and leave a little in the tank for the big meet in alberta. check my journal.


peace.

/irish

 

[Hannibal]

Long story short, I managed to hit 2 prs for myself (1 in the bench and 1 in the deadlift) and leave a little in the tank for the big meet in alberta. check my journal.

First off CONGRATS to RK...UNBELIEVABLE.

IRISH...how did the box squat experiment work for Squats. I know you didn't mention a PR....but how was depth? Any probs?

 

[IrishPower]

it was a WABDL meet. no squatting

i will let you know in 3 weeks in calgary.

 

[Hannibal]

it was a WABDL meet. no squatting

i will let you know in 3 weeks in calgary.

Damn...how did I miss that??! Yeah...let us all know how the "experiment" works out.

 

[solidj55]

Thanks for posting the video Irish, thats awesome!!! Damn good job Mr K, and good job to you to Mrs K on the Pr's.

 

[solidj55]

Sorry Irish, I meant to give congrats to you on your Prs in bench and deadlift.