Mini-Meet

Yesterday, Tuesday, some stretching and qigong and a short walk.

Today, per Marty Gallagher, I am going to have my own one-person powerlifting meet.

NB: Posting this blog entry now with 2 video links, more video links will be added later.

Bodyweight - a new low since the July 8 meet - 151.4 lbs.  Not dieting, just eating clean for the most part but not starving myself, e.g., yesterday I had almond butter and bananas at breakfast time, ricotta, almonds, and maple syrup at noon, a 4-egg omlette with some of yesterday's leftover sausage and pepper plus a ton of cheese, and then had an iced latte (homemade) with half-and-half and two handfuls of chocolate chips for dessert.

Warmup - walk, cossack sequence, dislocates and OHS w/ stick

This is the plan and the execution:

SQ - first time doing these in 4 months or so

Side view back squat, try for just below parallel - all reps, even warmups

FSQ: bar x 5, SQ: bar x 5

FSQ: 95 x 3, SQ: 95 x 3

FSQ: 135 x 1, SQ 135 x 5 - videotaped, looked too high, will tape the rest as well
http://youtu.be/5ezXwCWIVlg

SQ: 135 x 3 - looked good to me, maybe too deep, though
http://youtu.be/9wbxZPfNT5E

155 x 2 - looked OK
http://youtu.be/fbx-CuH0zOg

175 x 2 - maybe a little high, starting to feel a bit nervous about the weight
http://youtu.be/nQODPTgBhxU

195 x (failure - 1) - got only 1 rep, just not used to the weight on my back, didn't feel comfortable
http://youtu.be/bUb9AEABB3c


BP - Marty says to try staying wide

Trying ring fingers on rings for now - this is wider than I'd been doing.

DB BP: 25 lb. plates x 5

bar x 5, 95 x 5, 135 x 5


150 x 2 - start video, looks good
http://youtu.be/f0aLPJC3fGY

165 x 1 - felt better
http://youtu.be/cWRCYnVwhyQ

180 x 1 - slow but looked better than it felt
http://youtu.be/5yxSAfoEuqM

185 x fail - 180 felt like what I had today, and I guess it was - got it off my chest but stalled shortly thereafter.  I really, really, really, really, really hate missing a lift.
http://youtu.be/T06UtROmHec

DL 275 x (failure - 1)

Haven't DL'ed since meet on July 8.

225 x 5 warmup, double overhand grip, videod this and the rest.  Here's the clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp7QaouBmIU

275 x 6, alternated which hand was over/under, started left under - this probably was more like failure - 2 but it felt like enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4Vd1cRZjJY