Back from First Competition! Videos!

[super_rice]

Actually, the videos are all on my coach's dvcam, I'll try to get them soon.

He also went to the 2005, 2006 arnold. They guy has video of MOST of the powerlifting, and also the Shankle/Klokov/Steitsiuk weightlifting!!

I also saw some of his videos of Chad Vaughn from 2005, a lot of never before seen training footage from Chinese, Syrian and World Champs training halls! Will try to get some of these!

Anyway, today was my first competition ever, and I was hoping to total 100/120. The snatch would have been a 5kg PR and the C&J would have been a 10kg PR.

My snatch technique as I noted in my journal was a bit off recently, but today it was pretty good! The key is to stay tight

Weigh in
I weighed in full of water THREE DAYS AGO at 81.6! Heaviest I've EVER been, so coach told me not to drop weight. So I didn't.

After breakfast, not taking a shit, and amoderately full of water today, I weighed in at 79.7kg!!. I'm going to be cleaning up the diet now, and cutting to 77 for comps.

Will probably end up being 85 at the end of the year though. 110/140 by then anyone?

Snatch

Attempt 1: 87kg - Miss
WHATT!? Pulled it very high, nerves just got to me I guess. This should have been in power snatch territory.

Attempt 2: 87kg - Pass
Easy.

Attempt 3: 92kg - Pass
Easy, should have moved up to 95kg, but did not want to risk only ending up with 87 in snatch.

Clean & Jerk
Attempt 1: 107kg - Pass
Coach started me super light here, I think he was worried that I was still a bit uneasy, but I was pissed from the snatch. Felt like I could have pulled a truck.

Attempt 2: 112 kg - Pass
I was a bit lazy on the pull and did not catch a bounce, but came out of the hole no problem. Light weight! 2kg PR

Attempt 3: 115kg - Pass
Caught bounce perfectly, but I bent my elbows a bit and wasn't very fast! Also, bar cut off blood flow for a while so I was a bit dizzy. Jerked it no problem! 5kg PR.

Overall, 5/6!

 

[Guinness5.0]

Congrats. And thanks for advertising vids and not delivering

 

[Tweakle]

yeah, this thread is useless witout vids

nice work

 

[Jim Ouini]

Yeah congrats. I get nervous lifting with my digicam on

 

[BiggT]

Great job.

 

[coolcolj]

tease!

 

[mekannik]

Good job.

tease!

^^^^^

 

[super_rice]

thanks guys. sorry about the videos, i'll try to get them asap. they'll be here as soon as i get them.

i got to lift on an eleiko competition bar today. my god, it was an experience. maybe i missed that first snatch because of it, don't know... smooth as butter and the spring is just unreal. makes the c&j feel so natural.

 

[solarclimax]

Awsome lifting, wish i could do that at 100kg bodyweight. Good luck with your 110/140 goal. It would be great if you could post some vids, especially the training hall 1's

 

[anotherbutters]

Congrats on the PRs and getting through your first competition. Boo about the vids here too!

It's cool that you got to use an Eleiko comp bar. What do you mean about the spring on it? You're not talking about bend are you? I thought they had very little bend in them.

 

[Protobuilder]

Awesome job! Great to see someone competing in the OLY stuff here. Looking forward to the vids . . . Was Shankle at your competition? He's one of Glenn's guys, right?

 

[super_rice]

It was a very small competition in Canada, so I don't think a lifter as good as that would come

The eleiko bars are known for their springyness, and most oly bars require a good flex to it. You can't do heavy cleans on a bar as stiff as a deadlifting bar and such, otherwise injuries become inevitable.

Congrats on the PRs and getting through your first competition. Boo about the vids here too!

It's cool that you got to use an Eleiko comp bar. What do you mean about the spring on it? You're not talking about bend are you? I thought they had very little bend in them.

 

[b fold the truth]

Sounds VERY cool!!! Congratulations!!!!!

 

[anotherbutters]

The eleiko bars are known for their springyness, and most oly bars require a good flex to it. You can't do heavy cleans on a bar as stiff as a deadlifting bar and such, otherwise injuries become inevitable.

Makes sense. Thanks.

 

[mm107]

get them vids bro =]

 

[super_rice]

Some pictures of my gym. Replace "hxxp" with "http" and copy+paste it into your browser.

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[mekannik]

Some pictures of my gym. Replace "hxxp" with "http" and copy+paste it into your browser.

hxxp://img509.imageshack.us/img509/4139/dsc003732fx.jpg
hxxp://img509.imageshack.us/img509/3460/dsc003744xu.jpg

Where is your gym? Your locale says Toronto. I have at least one more business trip up there - would like to check that place out. Bumpers, platforms, and CHALK.

nice.

 

[anotherbutters]

No machines and plenty of platforms. Nice.

But still no vids

 

[coolcolj]

sweet, track to run around too - and chicks

 

[Mercere]

Congratulations man! 5/6 in your first competition is pretty good. Good call on the 3rd attempt on the snatch, no need to risk a bad total. Are you going to compete in 85 kg class after the end of the year?