I was helping "coaching" and handling lifters for this meet, as for 4 of the 6 it was their first meet. The meet was really well run and there was decent competition except for about 10 high school lifters who didn't know what they were doing.
My labmate who started PL last summer. Went 9/9, setting PRs on all lifts with room to spare. Could have done 975, maybe 1000.
Gordon Lu (198) - 195/127.5/202.5 - 525 (1157)
18 months ago, he was squatting 185. We all expected him to get 450+ on squat, but it wasn't his day. He had one of the funniest moments of the meet when his first bench (115kg) was misloaded (150kg) and he was crushed. The weight literally bounced off his chest.
Rene Befurt (220) - 175/137.5/207.5 - 520 (1146)
Rene was one of the first "serious" lifters I met at MIT, but this was his first PL meet. He had a couple miscues on squat and bench that basically left him with 2 attempts, or he could have done 30# better on total for sure.
Brian Yutko (165) - 135/105/190 - 430 (946)
Brian did meets in highschool as a wrestler in the 123 weight class, even though he is over 6'' tall. He's filled out a little bit since then, but he still wears a girl belt.
Deirdre Connolly (132) - 90/57.5/130 - 277.5 (611)
Dee had a kind of unfocused training cycle since her last meet, but this was still a 11# total PR. Squat was a small PR, bench was a clusterfuck (weird bench at the meet), and she destroyed a 10# deadlift PR. Anyway, this total gives her #16 ranking nationally for 1000% RAW 132 Women.
Frank Wu (181) - 175/130/272.5 - 577.5 (1273)
Frank had an off-day on squat for unknown reasons. His bench was also off towards the end of his training because of elbow tendonitis, but he came through better than expected. Oh, and he also DESTROYED a 55 lb PR on deadlift, pulling 600 lbs. This means his deadlift almost equals his squat and bench together. He also got third in best lifter, only off 1st by a few points.
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Looks like you've got a team of pretty good lifters. Did you and Dee basically start the team by yourselves or has it been around for a while?
Hi I'm Gordon Lu, one of the MIT lifters. Just wanted to give a big thanks to Coach Nate for advice and help :D
I don't know if Nate and Dee started our team, but they definitely influenced us to get stronger and compete in powerlifting. I started going to the gym to look better in swim trunks, but now I just want to eat till I'm a butterball so I can lift more. Awesome! (?)
I definitely wouldn't say I started the team at MIT, first off because there isn't really an organized team in the sense of the club at UCLA. There's just a group of friends who train around the same time and help each other with lifting. My influence is just encouraging people that they don't need to be elite lifters to go to a meet. And giving them lift offs.
Nice work Nathans et al. Just tell everyone who isn't asian/female to gain some weight...
Nice job on all the PRs.
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