Meet Report (long)
Posted By: Ant.
Date: Saturday, 27 April 2002, at 7:54 p.m.
I just got back from my first meet. When I got there, I found out it wasnt a real meet. It was a parish championship meet but they only did bench and squat. The bench was touch and go and the squat was parallel. Travis werner from the powerlifting forum helped me get into the meet and kinda coached me while i was there. He brought some lifters from his college that were beginners and the meet director thought me and mike were with them and classified us as college lifters. We did a full meet with powerlifting rules. It turned out to be a lot of fun.
On squat, my first attempt was 385. I did so fast that when I came up, it threw me forward at the lockout and I took at step, got 3 reds. That was nerves. I took 385 again and smoked it. 3rd attempt was a very easy 420.
On bench, travis had his training bench shirt and he asked me if I wanted to give it a try. I did 2 singles with it in the warm up room and got the groove down. Opened with 225, smoked it with no problem. 2nd attempt, 250, faster than 225. 3rd attempt was 280, once again, no problem. I took a 4th at 300 and smoked that too. Man I want a shirt.
Deads, I was dead tired by then. 1st attempt was 405. That was no problem. 2nd attempt was 440. That was very tough. First time I really strained the whole day. I called it a day here. I finished with an 1140 total and first in my class of 1 lifter. Hey, first is first. Thanks, Ant.
Ant goes 300 pounds!