The Contest...

My return to the powerlifting platform is complete. I did so-so. The meet was an ADFPF sponsored meet and took place Saturday Dec. 11, 2010. It was a RAW meet and I entered the 220 Master's division. It was bench and deadlift only. On Friday morning I weighed in at 225.6 (5.6 lbs over my weight class!). So, over course I had to drop weight. Friday was miserable! Did not drink my morning coffee. Instead, I opted for sitting in the sauna for 1/2 an hour. I did eat some salmon for lunch (no water or drink). By 6 pm I was 3 pound over. A few trips to the bathroom, no water, and one more sauna break and I was down to 222.4. By the time I went to bed I was below 222. I woke up at 6 am Saturday morning and I was down to 220.8. At 8 am, I weighed in at 219.6. I lost 6 pounds in 24 hrs.

Well, I opened on my bench at 335 and nailed it. next was 350. This I nailed too but it was a tad bit harder than I expected. I decided to do a bit under my goal of 365 and went to 360. This may have well been 560 because it went about 6 inches off my chest and stalled! I had hit 365 in training (with a touch and go) very easily and I was pretty confident 360 would go but not today. I can only blame it on the weightloss.

As for the deadlift, I opened at 440 and this was easy. went to 465...easy. I guess the bench shot my confidence because my goal was 500 on the deadlift but I chickened out and went for 480. I destroyed this as well. 500 would have gone.

So lessons learned?...don't put myself in the "drop weight" situation again! Right now I am thinking of entering a meet in March. This one will be a full lift (SQ, BP, DL) raw meet. I will make a decision soon.

here is video of my meet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpec2rLEM1c