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This place suddenly seems to suck. What happened to Spatts and Hannibal too??

Well I had a pretty damn good meet for me. I hit meet PR's in all three lifts and a big meet PR total. I got to meet some really big lifters including Scot Mendelson(I train with his sister) and of course Kieran Kidder. Bob Youngs was there with his crew, but I didn't introduce myself to him...

I'm flying down on Thursday. I've gained 13 lbs since my meet 13 weeks ago and all my lifts are way up. This will be my first crack at the 165's and my last meet as a Junior. I'll be competing as part of Team Taylor(Chris Taylor). We have a great group of guys and girls and I plan on seeing a...

Here is video of my 575 from last week: http://www.deepsquatter.com/phpBB2/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4568 My name is Chris Rodgers(top one) I am now 2 weeks out from my meet and hit a pretty strong bench PR of 310 and missed 325 near lockout. This was all after hitting a 50 LB PR on box...

Last heavy squat in gear until meet: [email protected] Fast and strong, no sticking points. New 20 lb PR and I'm leaving plenty in the tank for Daytona. Can't wait!!

I wouldn't say that. You can get a lot out of a double poly! My friend just hit his first 600 and has only raw benched ~400.

Yesterday I squatted 555@156. New 20 lb PR. I'd like to be comfortable enough to go 556 or so on a second attempt. We'll see how the next 6 weeks treat me. Also pulled 305+doubled minis of the jumpstretch platform conventional in a belt. Felt pretty good about that.

IBench- how far from Oceanside are you? That's borderline Queens isn't it? It takes me ~ an hour to get there, but I do it on my heavy squat days and it's well worth it.

Finally broke 300!! 305@157 today in my poly. This is the heaviest I have weighed in this cycle and in a long time. The added weight is definitely helping. I'm getting the feel for all these weights in the gym. Come meet time we'll be old friends. :D

Right now I am getting a lot from my squat gear, a decent amount from the shirt(not enough) and a little bit on deads. When my best deadlift was 455, I could pull 450 in a belt. Now I can pull 495, but have never tried more than 450 without at least suit bottoms on. I go sumo very wide. I...

Thanks fellas. After speed squats yesterday I pulled my first 5 plate deadlift. I was trying my suit out for the first time since having the straps tightened. I still have to decide if I'll pull in the poly or try the canvas out. 7 weeks out!!!

Yesterday I hit 535@154 in full gear. It was rather easy and I wasn't fully over a cold I had all week. I'm shooting for around 555-560 in two weeks. I'm doing the APF Southern States on 12/6-12/7. This will be the biggest meet I've been too and I plan to hit some huge PR's. The website shows...

Thanks for the suggestions. As far as my form goes. It has come along way and I believe it is not holding me back. I definitely think it is more weakness-related. All my partners are always pointing out how consistent and almost machine-like my form is, so I believe that isn't the problem. I...

Thanks everyone! Ibench- APF Southern States on December 6th/7th. My goal is 555 and a PR total. This will be my last meet as a Junior.

I hit a big squat PR this weekend training at Iron Isalnd with Team Taylor. My all time best coming in was 485 in full gear. I have put on about 5 lbs and hit 515@153 better this time with straps down. Here's a link to the video. I know you can't see much, but hey these guys are good spotters...